FRIENDS OF THE LEEDS CENTRE FOR LEUKAEMIA, LYMPHOMA AND MYELOMA

Registered charity 509071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNRISERS, THE FRIENDS OF THE LEUKAEMIA AND LYMPHOMA UNIT ( THE GENERAL INFIRMARY AT LEEDS), THE FRIENDS OF THE LEUKAEMIA UNIT (THE GENERAL INFIRMARY AT LEEDS)

Funding of medical research, medical equipment and patient welfare for the Leeds Centre for Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myloma

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LEUKAEMIA, LYMPHOMAS AND RELATED DISORDERS (HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED-IN PRACTICE LEEDS

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: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £819,478, which is significantly above the trustees' targeted level of around £400,00. This increase is attributed to several bequests received during the year, including an interim legacy distribution of £500,000. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and strong, with funds held on a cash platform until required for future spending plans.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of the Leeds Centre for Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~92.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL BILBROUGH
• Claire Rosanna Kate Ferris
• DAVID ANTHONY FOX
• Dr DEREK RAYMOND NORFOLK
• Dr GRAEME MURRAY SMITH
• Dr ROGER GRAHAM OWEN
• Dr Rod Johnson
• Irene Lesley Noble
• Jean Margaret Harris
• Lynne Hegarty
• MATTHEW CHARLES BAKER

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LYMPHOMA LEUKAEMIA MYELOMA FUND (WALES).

• LYMPHOMA LEUKAEMIA MYELOMA FUND (WALES) income £49k
• LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL income £237k
• LYMPHOMA ACTION income £2.9m
• THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL income £2.0m
• CURE LEUKAEMIA income £3.7m
• LEEDS PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY LIMITED income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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