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World Cancer Research Fund

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1000739 .
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Description

To raise awareness that the risk of cancer is reduced by healthy food and nutrition, physical activity and weight management.To fund cutting-edge research on how the foods we eat, the amount of physical activity we do and our body weight impact our cancer risk so that our diet and health recommendations for reducing the risk of cancer are based on current science.

Also known as

  • WCRF UK
  • World Cancer Research Fund
  • World Cancer Research Fund

CCEW Charity number

1000739

Company number

02536180

Registered

Postcode

N1 9FW

Website

wcrf-uk.org

Domain

wcrf.org

Latest income

£10,817,848 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1000739 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1000739 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • General ambulatory health-care services C11

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Health HE
  • Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Cancer HE202
  • Leisure LE » Exercise and fitness LE101
  • Research RS
  • Research RS » Science RS103
  • Social welfare SW » Food SW300

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • Other Defined Groups 206
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1990-10-30 Registered as a charity
2004-09-30 7,887,082 7,536,466
2005-09-30 8,939,839 8,198,362
2006-09-30 9,077,090 8,280,827
2007-09-30 8,713,616 8,612,953
2008-09-30 9,260,951 8,321,956
2009-09-30 9,668,875 9,372,496
2010-09-30 8,914,455 9,087,512
2011-09-30 8,627,936 8,179,687
2012-09-30 8,962,031 8,812,583
2013-09-30 8,622,905 8,342,753
2014-09-30 8,043,620 7,622,579
2015-09-30 8,443,176 8,301,347
2016-09-30 8,423,990 7,849,511
2017-09-30 8,237,563 7,827,440
2018-09-30 8,986,714 9,160,544
2019-09-30 8,832,108 8,921,204
2020-09-30 8,865,663 8,813,912
2021-09-30 10,813,225 10,755,132
2022-09-30 10,817,848 10,955,316
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 48 45
Employees paid more than £60,000 6 5
Volunteers 3 -
Trustees 6
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income - -
Legacies 2.3 2.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 2.3 2.0
Income from charitable activities 7.6 8.1
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.0 0.0
Other income 0.9 0.7
Total 10.8 10.8
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 2.5 2.5
Spending on raising funds 2.5 2.5
Grants to institutions 2.0 2.6
Other charitable activities 6.5 5.6
Charitable activities 8.4 8.3
Other spending - -
Total 11.0 10.8
Net income / (expenditure) (0.1) 0.1

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets - -
Investment assets 0.4 0.5
0.4 0.5
Current assets
Current investment assets 1.1 2.2
Cash 10.2 8.0
Other current assets - -
11.3 10.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (2.6) (1.8)
Net current assets 8.7 8.4
Total assets less current liabilities 9.1 8.9
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (2.7) (2.4)
Net assets 6.4 6.5
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 0.2 0.1
Unrestricted funds 6.2 6.5
6.4 6.5

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.

World Cancer Research Fund

GB-CHC-1000739

Grants received

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Shears Foundation £10,000
1 year
World Cancer Research Fund

Data source

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World Cancer Research Fund

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