Tenovus Cancer Care

The Charity has the general aim of identifying opportunities to fund high quality research into major cancers affecting men, women and children. In addition, Tenovus aims to provide psychological, psychosocial and practical financial help to people affected by cancer, to educate and raise awareness of cancer issues of both the public and healthcare professionals.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £9,377,105 and spent £10,418,613.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 10%, from £8,517,129 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £9,377,105 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 111% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2026: £100,427 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 17 grants to this charity since 2010, worth at least £1,952,813.

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Public bodies' published spending shows 7 payments to this charity worth £176,281 between 1 May 2025 and 15 May 2026.

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 14 October 2025

  Named by Mark Isherwood in the Senedd

  …26 forecast by our hospices, and this must be addressed in the 2026-27 budget. Hospice care is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Warnings by Tenovus Cancer Care were also ignored. Although they took action to protect vital services in 2025-26 by using reserves to support a deficit budget, this came a…

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• 11 July 2025

  Named by Mark Isherwood in the Senedd

  …s being frozen or reduced in real terms, they were facing the probability that they would be reducing services and letting staff go. We saw Tenovus Cancer Care charity, we saw Adferiad mental health and addiction, Shelter Cymru housing support and homeless prevention, we saw Carers Trust, we saw sup…

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• 26 March 2025

  Named by Lowri Griffiths in the Senedd

  Hi, everyone. I'm Lowri Griffiths, and I'm the director of support, policy and insight at Tenovus Cancer Care, and I'm the chair of the Wales Cancer Alliance.

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• 5 March 2025

  Named by Jane Dodds in the Senedd

  …ure after 40 years, and they’ve cited national insurance changes as a key factor, and also, major charities like Platfform, Marie Curie and Tenovus Cancer Care face more than £250,000 in extra annual costs. So, we've got a range of organisations that are really struggling and there's a direct impact…

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• 5 March 2025

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …s to note: correspondence from the National Training Federation Wales regarding the Welsh Government's draft budget and correspondence from Tenovus Cancer Care regarding the committee's inquiry into gynaecological cancer. So, if Members are happy to note those papers, and they're also available in t…

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• 4 February 2025

  Named by Mark Isherwood in the Senedd

  …that the rise in national insurance will cost them £600,000 a year. Without mitigation, they will have to let staff go and reduce services. Tenovus Cancer Care states that the effect of the Welsh Government's draft budget and the UK budget will be fewer support services for people affected by cancer…

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• 16 January 2025

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …lsh Government regarding the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust and the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill; correspondence from Tenovus Cancer Care regarding the proposed increase in employer NI contributions; and requests from Senedd Members for committee inquiries, which I know we'll d…

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• 16 January 2025

  Named by Mabon ap Gwynfor in the Senedd

  'At Tenovus Cancer Care, we deliver essential services for people affected by cancer including counselling, nurse-led support, and benefits advice. This is provided free of charge, exclusively to the NHS'—

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• 15 January 2025

  Named by Tom Giffard in the Senedd

  …copious amounts of taxpayers' cash on socialist vanity projects. And these hikes hit not only our businesses, they hit our charities too. Tenovus Cancer Care's called the rise devastating, warning they'll pay an extra £0.25 million per year towards the increased NI contributions. That's a huge sum,…

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• 8 January 2025

  Named by Mark Isherwood in the Senedd

  Diolch. Cancer care charity Tenovus Cancer Care have called the rise in national insurance contributions 'devastating' and urge Welsh Ministers to mitigate the impact. The Wales Council for Voluntary Action stated this is a 'significant new cost that many organisations simply cannot absorb without a…

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• 8 January 2025

  Named by Sam Rowlands in the Senedd

  …e impact on the broader public service delivery will be if those service delivery partners are not supported. We've got a letter today from Tenovus Cancer Care that's come through to our committee, and they've outlined that, for just one organisation alone here in Wales, it's going to cost them a mi…

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• 3 July 2024

  Named by Joel James in the Senedd

  …gion last year, and has how screened 500 people. However, in contrast, over 1 million people have been screened in England for lung health. Tenovus Cancer Care suggests that lung health checks could save in the region of 190 lives each year in Wales, because if lung cancer is detected in the early s…

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• 3 July 2024

  Named by Sioned Williams in the Senedd

  …a survey from last year, undertaken by Melanoma Focus, which found that nearly half of respondents thought sunscreen was too expensive, and Tenovus Cancer Care raised concerns that sun protection would be left off the list of household priorities. Most worryingly, 10 per cent of respondents said the…

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• 15 May 2024

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …dge the scale of the problem, and that was really the issue here that was a theme across our report, as Peter Fox also pointed out as well. Tenovus Cancer Care pointed out that the number of women starting their cancer treatment within 62 days—the 62-day target—is at an all-time low, and Sarah Murph…

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• 15 May 2024

  Named by Sam Rowlands in the Senedd

  …epted in part, to be fair, but there are concerns that previous campaigns haven't been as effective as they should have been, and, to quote Tenovus Cancer Care, they say that there is little or no consistency and co-ordination on these campaigns, and they've also said that for 'relatively small amou…

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• 15 May 2024

  Named by Sarah Murphy in the Senedd

  …th symptoms, pursuing appointments when she was dismissed and obtaining her own medical records to review the standards of care. Along with Tenovus Cancer Care, she has launched Claire's Campaign to amplify the voices of women who have felt ignored by healthcare professionals, leading to misdiagnosi…

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• 15 May 2024

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …oritise existing funding for this purpose. Indeed, the recommendations she has accepted will be implemented within existing resources. Now, Tenovus Cancer Care told us that this sends a regrettable signal to women affected by gynaecological cancers, that investment in resolving the issues uncovered…

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• 24 January 2024

  Named by Altaf Hussain in the Senedd

  …tus, attention or advocacy as other cancers. This should, hopefully, change, following the publication of the report, 'A Burning Issue', by Tenovus Cancer Care, which has chosen to examine the issues unique to these two cancers. With greater awareness, targeted actions and the unwavering spirit of W…

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• 24 January 2024

  Named by Altaf Hussain in the Senedd

  …nts. The current picture painted by oesophageal and stomach cancer may be grim and daunting, but with the attention they have received from Tenovus Cancer Care, improved symptom awareness, the roll-out of innovative, faster diagnostic techniques, a Wales-wide standardised Barrett’s registry, and our…

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• 14 June 2023

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …unding of £5 million. I think that's up to 2026. How is that funding going to be used to address the—well, as we were told in evidence from Tenovus Cancer Care— 'the huge unmet need for gynaecological cancer research in Wales'?

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• 10 May 2023

  Named by Lowri Griffiths in the Senedd

  First of all, I just want to pay tribute to Judith myself, and on behalf of Tenovus Cancer Care, for actually telling her story so bravely, and I know that she's actually watching this morning, so diolch yn fawr iawn, Judith, am fod mor ddewr—thank you for being so brave. Obviously, we wish her all…

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• 10 May 2023

  Named by Lowri Griffiths in the Senedd

  Hi, everyone. I'm Lowri Griffiths, I'm director of support, policy and insight at Tenovus Cancer Care, but I'm also chair of Wales Cancer Alliance, which is an alliance of 26 third sector organisations that deliver cancer services and campaign for cancer improvement in Wales.

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• 27 April 2023

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …Sarah virtually as well. If there are any questions, perhaps, just to remind us, we've got Judi Rhys with us, who is the chief executive of Tenovus Cancer Care, and Lowri Griffiths who's the director of support policy and insight for Tenovus Cancer Care. So, thank you for being with us as well. So,…

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• 27 April 2023

  Named by Judi Rhys in the Senedd

  …rd to their GPs and not take 'no' for an answer. One of the things that I feel—and certainly in the stories I've heard while I've been with Tenovus Cancer Care—is people, women, know their own bodies, and I think that came through in both of the testimonies that you heard this morning. We instinctiv…

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• 27 April 2023

  Named by Judi Rhys in the Senedd

  …ces of the women that have approached us. So, we have supported a number of women who wanted to come forward and tell their stories to you. Tenovus Cancer Care has also submitted some written information, but we have very much supported the videos that you're going to see shortly, and of course ones…

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11 trustees run the charity.

• Tracey Mary BurkeChairAppointed 1 April 2024
• Alun Wyn LloydAppointed 27 September 2023
• Dr Lucy Jay SwithenbankAppointed 19 July 2023
• Dr Samantha CoxAppointed 16 April 2025
• Dr Vivek GoelAppointed 14 April 2025
• Iain Michael Edward HardcastleAppointed 22 October 2025
• Ian Tanter ThomasAppointed 22 October 2025
• Imogen Margaret Olga StringerAppointed 22 October 2025
• Natasha AngusAppointed 23 November 2022
• Rachel Dawn HolborrowAppointed 22 October 2025
• Tina Michelle GabbAppointed 22 October 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

1054015

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

25 March 1996

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 DECEMBER 1968 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MARCH 1996, 16 SEPTEMBER 2008 AND 16 MARCH 2009.AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/03/2015

Company number

00943501This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.tenovuscancercare.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

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