Cancer Research UK

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IMPRESSIVE!

It's been another remarkable year for this colossal research and advice outfit. In 2007/8 it poured more than £300m into research on the causes, treatment, and prevention of cancer - a record spend - provided free information to the public, and lobbied government to keep cancer high on the political agenda. The annual report is extremely impressive, and answers almost all of our questions. But some minor omissions mean a Quality of Reporting score that's slightly lower than last year's effort.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	88 %
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?	Super size
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?	Over £150k
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.
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Yes
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't just take our word for it...

Cancer Research UK's website [1]
The Big Give project information [2]
Charity Commission entry and link to Cancer Research UK's annual report [4]

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Reviewed: 2008-09-17 Accounts ending: 2008-03-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

People affected by cancer
Their families and carers

Where

Providing

Research into causes and treatment of cancer
Research grants
Advice & information
Lobbying & campaigning

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE

£475,773,000

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

72%

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

Cancer Research UK

IMPRESSIVE!

QUALITY OF REPORTING

SIZE OF CHARITY...

HIGHEST SALARY

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY