YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
-11.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£121M
+6.2% vs 2024
Employees
150
+47.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH 1997-12-23 → present
- YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH CAMPAIGN 1985-06-06 → 1997-12-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £13,115,032 | £7,019,018 | |
| Cash | £15,260,433 | £13,536,291 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £113,944,840 | £120,963,858 | |
| Net assets | £113,944,840 | £120,963,858 | |
| Equity | £113,944,840 | £120,963,858 | |
| Average employees | 102 | 150 | |
| Wages | £3,540,282 | £4,779,146 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.8% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 6.07x | 5.00x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have confidence that the charity has adequate resources to remain in operation for the foreseeable future and can continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The Trustees do not consider there to be any material uncertainties about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH · parent
- Y.C.R. Promotions Limited 100%
- Y.C.R. Scientific Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In its centenary year, Yorkshire Cancer Research announced £17 million of research funding, Having recently helped bring about a national lung screening programme, the charity now aims to do the same for prostate cancer.”
- “In February, a £4.5 million prostate cancer screening trial was announced.”
- “This year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rachel Reeves MP, visited and was given a tour of the Leeds Lung Health Check mobile screening unit.”
- “During 2024/25, the charity opened six new shops in Richmond, Castleford, Hull, Ilkley, Selby and Heckmondwike.”
- “The charity also refitted its, Ripon shop and moved its oldest shop in Northallerton to a more convenient and central High Street location.”
- “The charity is pleased to report that it has been able to provide £14.0 million (2024: £17.7 million of charitable expenditure, Fundraising income was £7.2 million (2024: £5.5 million) with a reduction in our total royalty income to £17.4 million (2024: £24.0, million), This, reduction was due to the forecasted expiry of the UK and European patent.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORNIN, Joanne | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| BARKLEY, Martin John | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jul 1954 | British |
| BEAGLEY, Joanne Louise | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
| BONNAR, Craig | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1974 | British |
| HACKER, Amy Elizabeth | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jan 1986 | British |
| JACKSON, Heather Louise | Director | 2022-10-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| JENNER, Samuel | Director | 2022-06-14 | Nov 1984 | British |
| JOHNSON, Matthew Peter | Director | 2022-06-14 | May 1967 | British |
| LANGLANDS, Robert Alan, Sir | Director | 2022-09-20 | May 1952 | British |
| NDAWULA, Robert Samuel Duncan Mugenyi | Director | 2018-10-12 | Feb 1974 | British |
| NEEDHAM, Sandra | Director | 2024-01-01 | Mar 1955 | British |
| RICHARDS, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2018-11-14 | Sep 1957 | British |
| SOUTHBY, Peter John | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| STEELE CBE, Robert James Campbell, Professor | Director | 2025-02-01 | Mar 1952 | British |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLEMING, Lesley | Secretary | 2012-09-19 | 2015-09-30 |
| KING, Elaine | Secretary | 1995-06-12 | 2010-05-31 |
| OGLE, Carole | Secretary | 2011-09-14 | 2012-06-27 |
| ROWETT, Charles | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | 2016-09-22 |
| ROWETT, Charles Francis | Secretary | 2015-09-30 | 2016-07-01 |
| SMALLEY, Maureen | Secretary | — | 1995-06-12 |
| STEVENS, Mark | Secretary | 2010-06-01 | 2011-09-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Timothy Gordon | Secretary | 2016-09-22 | 2020-12-31 |
| ABRAM, John Nigel | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2013-12-08 |
| ATKINSON, Frank | Director | — | 2005-09-06 |
| BALFOUR, Mark Robin, Hon | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| BERVILLE, Graham Michael | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2022-12-13 |
| BRODERICK, Derek Nigel | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2012-09-19 |
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2016-09-08 |
| BROWN, Stanley, Professor | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2014-11-25 |
| CARNELL, John | Director | 2009-07-02 | 2010-03-03 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Raymond Alfred | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2011-09-14 |
| COHEN OBE, Etta | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| COOK CBE, Rosemary Grace | Director | 2018-12-04 | 2022-12-03 |
| CURRIE, Alastair, Sir | Director | — | 1991-04-16 |
| DAVIS, Rachel Ann | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-02-11 |
| DAWES, Edwin Alfred, Professor | Director | — | 2010-09-09 |
| DODSON, Sandra Jane | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| ESSEX-CROSBY, Kenneth | Director | — | 1992-04-18 |
| FIELD, Clare Victoria | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2025-03-18 |
| GUILLOU, Pierre John, Professor | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2013-04-28 |
| HARRIS, Sydney Robert | Director | 2001-08-30 | 2004-06-23 |
| HARRIS, Sydney Robert | Director | 1997-12-10 | 1998-11-02 |
| HARRISON, Michael Robert | Director | — | 2010-02-24 |
| HERBERT, Bryan Teasdale | Director | 1992-06-30 | 2002-08-29 |
| HOLDCROFT, David, Professor | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2010-09-09 |
| HORNBY, Peter | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2015-01-15 |
| HUSSAIN, Zulfiqar | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-03-16 |
| JACKSON, Brenda Powell | Director | — | 2010-09-09 |
| KITCHING, Margaret | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| MACGREGOR, James | Director | — | 1992-07-07 |
| MITCHELL, Eva | Director | — | 1991-04-06 |
| MYERS, Janet Mary | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-12-11 |
| OADE, Yvette Alison, Dr | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Thomas John | Director | 1998-08-27 | 2000-10-21 |
| PORTLOCK, Alison Frances Blake | Director | 1991-08-05 | 1998-04-23 |
| POTTER, Christopher William, Professor | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2009-09-09 |
| REYNELL, Peter Carew | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| RICE, James Paul, Dr | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2025-03-10 |
| RICE, James Paul, Dr | Director | 2020-06-16 | 2020-06-16 |
| RICHARDS, John Lyndon | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2013-09-18 |
| RICHMOND, John, Professor | Director | — | 1993-08-24 |
| RIGBY, Michael | Director | 2009-01-28 | 2012-04-12 |
| ROBARDS, Anthony William, Professor | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2016-09-22 |
| RUSTOMJI, Catherine Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2015-09-09 | 2021-10-14 |
| SENIOR, Angela Hayden | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2014-04-24 |
| SHEPHERD, William, Professor | Director | 2003-08-28 | 2007-05-31 |
| SHEPHERD, William, Professor | Director | 1995-04-20 | 1998-01-05 |
| SHORTRIDGE, Douglas | Director | — | 1996-03-27 |
| SIDEBOTTOM, Alan Mark | Director | 2010-02-24 | 2019-09-11 |
| SLATER, Christopher John | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2022-01-02 |
| SMITH, Graham | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2017-05-31 |
| SUGGETT, Alan, Dr | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2019-09-11 |
| SUTTON, Penelope Jane | Director | 1993-11-18 | 1995-05-03 |
| VAREY, Nicolas Calvert, Dr | Director | 1992-05-01 | 2009-09-09 |
| WEST, John Clifford, Professor | Director | — | 2003-08-28 |
| WOOD, Robin Wilfrid Jerrard | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2005-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 271 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-11.3%
£15,260,433 £13,536,291
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£113,944,840 £120,963,858
-
Employees
+47.1%
102 150
-
Wages
+35%
£3,540,282 £4,779,146
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers