PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE

Registered charity 298867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE

To provide state of the art cross sectional medical diagnostic imaging systems and operate them principally to benefit patients attending the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, but also for patients referred from anywhere in the UK or abroad.To carry out late translational imaging research

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Latest income
£10.9m
Latest spending
£12.9m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall financial deficit of £1.948m for the year, driven by rising costs and NHS tariff constraints. While unrestricted reserves fell to £2.088m, below the stated policy target of six to nine months of expenditure, the charity maintains sufficient cash to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six to nine months (held: £2.1m)
“The aim of the Charity is to hold unrestricted funds to cover operational expenses for a six to nine months period.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Trustees are confident that in the medium to long term the NHS would provide support in order for these vital services to continue, whether under current or new arrangements.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to trustee-connected business for CPD services
“payments totalling £1,200 to a business operated by a trustee, Amy Page. These payments were for the provision of Continuing Professional Development services provided to employees of the charity and not for services provided in the performance of duties as a trustee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nunn Hayward LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

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Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Paul Strickland Scanner Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS TrustPaul Strickland——
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustENHT - MRI & CT Scanning Services (MVCC)——

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Paul Strickland Scanner Centre — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/12/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£10.9m
Total spending
£12.9m
Cost of raising funds
£286k
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
75

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon · Luton · Slough

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£10.9m£12.9m
30/09/2024£9.4m£11.5m
30/09/2023£8.9m£9.8m
30/09/2022£8.0m£9.3m
30/09/2021£8.5m£7.9m

Common questions

Is PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall financial deficit of £1.948m for the year, driven by rising costs and NHS tariff constraints. While unrestricted reserves fell to £2.088m, below the stated policy target of six to nine months of expenditure, the charity maintains sufficient cash to continue operations for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nunn Hayward LLP.

Who funds PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE as a grant recipient include DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2022£9kNew Cancer Centre Waiting Area

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIDSCAN LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAUL STRICKLAND SCANNER CENTRE£10.9m——unclear—noted
KIDSCAN LIMITED FY2024£118k—0above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL CANCER IMAGING SOCIETY FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£1.7m—0unclear23.4%no doubt
Merseyside Against Blood Cancers FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
COBALT HEALTH FY2025£28.2m——unclear—no doubt

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