TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-16 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-02
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+0.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+11.6% vs 2023
Employees
152
-15.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,026,000 | £4,489,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£5,404,000 | £1,182,000 | |
| Cash | £4,421,000 | £4,443,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,179,000 | £11,386,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,172,000 | £11,354,000 | |
| Equity | £10,172,000 | £11,354,000 | |
| Average employees | 180 | 152 | |
| Wages | £8,241,000 | £6,638,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -266.7% | 26.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.3% | 16.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 2.72x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this information, the Trustees have concluded that Teenage Cancer Trust and its subsidiary The Teenage Trust (Trading) Limited have adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TEENAGE CANCER TRUST · parent
- The Teenage Trust (Trading) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Thanks to the tireless commitment and generosity of our incredible supporters, partners and volunteers, we were able to raise a phenomenal £19.8m in 2024. In a difficult economic climate, this was a remarkable result and a life-changing amount for young people with cancer.”
- “The charity delivered strong financial performance in year - a significant recovery from the financial challenges of 2023.”
- “We exceeded our financial goals with a surplus of £1.2m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCNAB, Sujata | Secretary | 2025-11-10 | — | — |
| CARR, Gurinderjit Kaur | Director | 2022-02-10 | Feb 1968 | British |
| ENGEL, Lawrence | Director | 2025-07-16 | Sep 1971 | British |
| HINDMARSH, Caren Ayre | Director | 2015-07-20 | Nov 1967 | British |
| HOUGH, Rachael Emma, Professor | Director | 2022-11-03 | Nov 1968 | British |
| KENDALL, Charlotte Emma | Director | 2025-07-16 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MORGAN, Susan Jane | Director | 2021-05-04 | Mar 1958 | British |
| SEIGAL, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2019-07-18 | Jun 1960 | British |
| SHINE, Varda | Director | 2015-07-20 | Jun 1963 | British |
| SHUTE, Jeremy Harmsworth | Director | 2015-07-20 | Jul 1963 | British |
| SPANSWICK, Paul | Director | 2011-11-28 | Nov 1960 | British |
| WATERWORTH, Richard Martin Baillie | Director | 2021-02-11 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATH, Alfred William | Secretary | 1997-04-10 | 1998-03-23 |
| CROCKFORD, George William | Secretary | 2023-02-24 | 2025-09-17 |
| DAVIES, Simon John | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2013-10-30 |
| DUNN, Siobhan | Secretary | 2013-10-30 | 2017-12-31 |
| LONG, Jill | Secretary | 2018-07-24 | 2022-06-30 |
| THOMPSON, Karen Jane | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2023-02-24 |
| WILKINSON, Trefor | Secretary | 2000-03-13 | 2001-12-31 |
| WRIGHT, Janette | Secretary | 1998-03-23 | 2000-03-13 |
| ARMITAGE, Katerina | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2003-03-11 |
| DAVIES, Simon John | Director | 2013-10-30 | 2014-06-30 |
| FOOTTIT, Susan Louise | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2014-06-03 |
| FORMOSA, David Roger Anthony John | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2010-06-30 |
| FREEDMAN, Diane Margaret | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2014-02-19 |
| GILMORE, Carol Jacquiline | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2002-11-11 |
| HARRIS, Ronald Michael | Director | 2004-08-09 | 2025-07-16 |
| HOARE, David Alexander | Director | 2009-06-30 | 2020-02-05 |
| HOTHI, Kamaljit Kaur, Dr | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2019-05-12 |
| HUGHES, Andrew Nicholas Heywood | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2022-06-09 |
| KYTE, David Mark | Director | 2000-04-11 | 2006-11-30 |
| MATLIN, John Stephen | Director | 1998-10-20 | 2015-07-15 |
| PATTEN, Alan John | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2018-01-29 |
| ROSENBERG, Richard Barry | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2025-07-16 |
| ROSS, Stephen Lawrence | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2008-01-07 |
| SHAW, Richard Leslie | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2005-09-01 |
| WHITESON, Adrian Leon, Dr | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2010-06-30 |
| WHITESON, Myrna Nita | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2010-06-30 |
| WOODS, Marc Patrick | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2011-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+121.6%
£2,026,000 £4,489,000
-
Cash
+0.5%
£4,421,000 £4,443,000
-
Net assets
+11.6%
£10,172,000 £11,354,000
-
Employees
-15.6%
180 152
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Wages
-19.5%
£8,241,000 £6,638,000
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