Cancer Research Wales

The objects of Cancer Research Wales are, for the benefit of the public, to relieve sickness and promote good health by advancing knowledge and understanding of cancer and its possible treatment and prevention techniques, providing and supporting facilities for high quality cancer research in Wales.

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

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £5,922,513 and spent £6,159,983.

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 165%, from £2,239,100 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £5,922,513 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 104% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Merched Y Wawr gave £16,384 in the year to 31 March 2026, 0% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

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 2025: Not reported. 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.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2026, the charity named 1 funder who gave £16,384. £0 of that came from public bodies.

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No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 8 payments to this charity worth £1,283,162 between 11 May 2021 and 2 February 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.

• 9 October 2025

  Named in a written question from Delyth Jewell

  Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.

  …rch community, and rarer forms of cancer where patient numbers are small and international collaboration is required. In 2024, we welcomed Cancer Research Wales’ £5m investment in the Brain Tumour Research Initiative and we co-fund the Cardiff Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre with Cancer Research…

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• 9 October 2025

  Named in a written question from Delyth Jewell

  Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.

  …rch community, and rarer forms of cancer where patient numbers are small and international collaboration is required. In 2024, we welcomed Cancer Research Wales’ £5m investment in the Brain Tumour Research Initiative and we co-fund the Cardiff Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre with Cancer Research…

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• 7 May 2025

  Named by James Evans in the Senedd

  …oncerning for all of us in this Chamber—that more younger people are being diagnosed with this horrific type of cancer. I recently visited Cancer Research Wales, and they're doing some leading work in early detection of bowel cancer through looking at genes and different types of proteins that peopl…

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• 15 January 2025

  Named in a written question from Mike Hedges

  Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.

  …Centre, the Wales Cancer Biobank and the Brain Repair and Intracranial Neurotherapeutics unit. In 2024, we welcomed the announcement from Cancer Research Wales of its investment of up to £1m a year over the next five years in a Brain Tumour Research Initiative. It aims to establish Wales as a world…

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• 7 February 2024

  Named in a written question from Andrew RT Davies

  Addressed to the Minister for Health and Social Services.

  How has the Welsh Government assisted in enabling Cancer Research Wales to effectively cooperate with other research bodies in the UK? Cancer Research Wales is an independent charity and funder of research. It is a member of the Welsh Cancer Alliance and thus works collaboratively with other cancer…

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• 20 September 2022

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Min for HSS

  Purpose: Ymchwil Canser Cymru / Cancer Research Wales.

  Ymchwil Canser Cymru / Cancer Research Wales

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• 9 February 2022

  Named by Janet Finch-Saunders in the Senedd

  …we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a golden opportunity for the Welsh Government to review, and for you to amend your approach. Cancer Research Wales has highlighted that Wales needs a futureproofed, sustainable cancer workforce. They highlight the significant gaps and variation within th…

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• 9 February 2022

  Named by Mark Isherwood in the Senedd

  …news that they're launching, with the NHS, on 17 February, a prostate cancer awareness campaign, aimed at men in the highest-risk groups. Cancer Research Wales states that, even prior to the current crisis, Wales performed poorly on many measures relating to the diagnosis, treatment and survival of…

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• 2 December 2021

  Named by Andy Glyde in the Senedd

  …nd I think that was certainly a big bit of feedback that we had from when we were running our campaign, and I'm sure the same was true for Cancer Research Wales as well. And we did encourage people to be persistent; we know that's not easy. We know that access to GPs can be quite variable across Wal…

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• 2 December 2021

  Named by Andy Glyde in the Senedd

  …but for people who have concerning symptoms, that they are seeking help. I think what we've already been doing—both Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Wales have both run campaigns earlier this year, encouraging people to get to their GP if there's anything that is concerning them or if they're…

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8 trustees run the charity.

• Gavin MooreChairAppointed 1 October 2016
• Christine NichollsAppointed 16 January 2020
• Dr Stephen ManAppointed 24 October 2023
• Professor Christopher FeganAppointed 3 November 2021
• Rhian WhitingAppointed 15 January 2019
• Robert ReynoldsAppointed 24 October 2023
• Sarah Alice SpenceAppointed 12 March 2025
• Simon Drinkwater-LunnAppointed 12 March 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

1167290

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

23 May 2016

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27/05/1966AS AMENDED ON 25/05/1976AS AMENDED ON 15/12/1987AS AMENDED ON 24/09/1991AS AMENDED ON 06/09/2000AS AMENDED ON 13/12/2000AS AMENDED ON 11/09/2002AS AMENDED ON 24/09/2003AS AMENDED ON 13/03/2013AS AMENDED ON 08 SEP 2016

Website

www.cancerresearchwales.co.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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
• 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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• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
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