Blood Cancer UK Research

Registered charity 216032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q16996206 · Wikipedia · also known as BLOODWISE, Blood Cancer UK, LEUKAEMIA & LYMPHOMA RESEARCH, LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH, LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND · also registered in Scotland as SC037529 (OSCR)

We stop people dying from blood cancer; we make patients' lives better and we stop people from getting blood cancer in the first place. We achieve this by:* revealing how blood cancer works* driving smarter, faster diagnosis* inspiring new treatments and better care* being a voice of influence & championing patients' needs* building communities & sharing understanding

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES BY: (A) PROMOTING AND ASSISTING RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF BLOOD CANCERS INCLUDING THE CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL BLOOD CANCERS; AND (B) ADVANCING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF BLOOD CANCERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: City of Edinburgh, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income reached £21.1 million, a 14% increase from the previous year, driven by strong legacy and fundraising performance. Total expenditure rose to £20.2 million, resulting in a net deficit of £0.1 million after investment losses, with free reserves held at £4.5 million, which is within the stated policy target range of £3.8 million to £7.5 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Investment
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

In the news

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• Omaze x Blood Cancer UK Research Fund launched bloodcancer.org.uk · 19/03/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00738089

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blood Cancer UK (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KANSAL, Megha — director, appointed 21/11/2024on trustee list
• LIAO, Jean — director, appointed 21/11/2024on trustee list
• WILSON, Matthew Dominic — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
• HARRISON, Claire Nicola, Professor — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• WILSON, Fraser Andrew — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
• HARRISON, Christine Joyce, Professor — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
• HILLIER, Juliet Helen — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
• BOYLE, Alastair Stirling — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
• LITTNER, Claude Manuel — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
• SETHU, Amir Shah — director, appointed 19/01/2021on trustee list
• LAI, Louise Morgan — director, appointed 19/01/2021on trustee list
• HANDFORD, Jasmine Iona — director, appointed 19/01/2021on trustee list
• WIEBOLDT, Nils — secretary, appointed 28/05/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £243k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (110,926 followers) · instagram (31K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/08/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair Stirling Boyle
• Amir Shah Sethu
• Claude Manuel Littner
• Fraser Wilson
• Jasmine Iona Handford
• Jean Liao · trustee of 1 other charity
• Juliet Helen Hillier
• Louise Morgan Lai
• Matthew Dominic WILSON
• Megha Kansal
• Professor Christine Joyce Harrison
• Professor Claire Nicola Harrison

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLOOD CANCER ALLIANCE.

• BLOOD CANCER ALLIANCE income £119k
• BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED income £2.1m
• CANCER RESEARCH UK income £734.8m
• Prevent Breast Cancer income £2.2m
• PANCREATIC CANCER UK income £14.5m
• NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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