Breakthrough Breast Cancer

THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH GIANT

The largest breast cancer research and lobbying charity - one of Prince Charles' many favourites. Increasingly focussed on doing its own research, instead of funding others to do it, and on raising awareness and lobbying government. The annual report is much more comprehensive than the previous year, boasting of many successes (esp in its fundraising, and regarding the Herceptin campaign), with apparently no drawbacks at all.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	83%
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.
HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	£80k to £99k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.
RESERVES WOULD LAST... What is this?	3 months
If income dried up, how long could work continue? 3-12 months is normal. Less may be precarious. 12+ months may be over-cautious (or if very high, may represent the value of the charity's property).
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Unknown
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Reviewed: 2007-03-16 Accounts ending: 2006-07-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

People affected by breast cancer

Where

Providing

Research
Lobbying government
Information

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE

£19,291,000

What is this?

Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare

SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK

62%

The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.

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