CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 1196005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Childhood Cancer Research Trust has been established for the advancement of health and the saving of lives through raising funds for projects that can progress medical research to find safer and more effective treatments at a faster rate.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH PROJECTS PRINCIPALLY IN THE UK IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER SUFFERERS BY FINDING SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS AT A FASTER RATE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£145k

Latest spending

£102k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity concluded the fiscal year with £43,712 in unrestricted cash funds, following the disbursement of funds for the CCRT RSII Initiative. The trustees maintain a policy of holding minimal reserves to allocate funds quickly to new knowledge creation. The charity operates without staff, relying on grants and the work of Dr Alex Concorde at The Concorde Initiative.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Our charity maintains minimal reserves. We aim to allocate funds as quickly as possible to the creation of new knowledge which is urgently needed. (reserves figure: £44k)

“Reserve Policy Statement Our charity maintains minimal reserves. We aim to allocate funds as quickly as possible to the creation of new knowledge which is urgently needed.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Concorde Initiative, owned by Dr Alex Concorde, is closely linked with the Childhood Cancer Research Trust due to the charity’s focused support of Dr Concorde’s research. Dr Concorde has been appointed Medical Director of the charity in order to spearhead the translation of the CCRT objects into action by mediating between the mission of the CCRT and the actual execution of the charitable objects through her work at TCI, thereby ensuring the research activities align effectively with the strategic goals of the Childhood Cancer Research Trust.

“The Concorde Initiative, owned by Dr Alex Concorde, is closely linked with the Childhood Cancer Research Trust due to the charity’s focused support of Dr Concorde’s research. Dr Concorde has been appointed Medical Director of the charity in order to spearhead the translation of the CCRT objects into action by mediating between the mission of the CCRT and the actual execution of the charitable objects through her work at TCI, thereby ensuring the research activities align effectively with the strategic goals of the Childhood Cancer Research Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Oonah Buistchair
Dr Sarah Lack
Trina Wright

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£145k	£102k
31/12/2024	£51k	£72k
31/12/2023	£62k	£43k
31/12/2022	£985	£28

Common questions

Is CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity concluded the fiscal year with £43,712 in unrestricted cash funds, following the disbursement of funds for the CCRT RSII Initiative. The trustees maintain a policy of holding minimal reserves to allocate funds quickly to new knowledge creation. The charity operates without staff, relying on grants and the work of Dr Alex Concorde at The Concorde Initiative. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	4	£104k
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUST	2	£65k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£19k
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£4k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	2	£2k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	2	£1k
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
PAVERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£48k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK.

CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK income £17.6m
FRIENDS OF ROSIE CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH FUND income £70k
CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION income £3.8m
KIDS CANCER CHARITY income £663k
CHILDHOOD EYE CANCER TRUST income £660k
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH TRUST	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK FY2025	£17.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF ROSIE CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH FUND FY2025	£70k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.8m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
KIDS CANCER CHARITY FY2025	£663k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDHOOD EYE CANCER TRUST FY2026	£660k	£70,000 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.