Prevent Breast Cancer — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 3 June 2005
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04831397
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £2,169,572
Latest expenditure: £1,544,127
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: THE NIGHTINGALE CENTRE, WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL, SOUTHMOOR ROAD, MANCHESTER, M23 9LT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.preventbreastcancer.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To fund ground-breaking research into the prediction and prevention of breast cancer. Our four pillars of research are gene research, improved screening & early diagnosis, preventative drugs and diet & lifestyle. Our overall aim is to make breast cancer a preventable disease for our future generations.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 9 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 9 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,169,572
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,544,127

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,472,692
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,594,010

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 16 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,448,751
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,143,866

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 18 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,130,017
Total Gross Expenditure: £517,683

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 26 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £672,068
Total Gross Expenditure: £438,976

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,169,572
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,544,127
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,472,692
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,594,010
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,448,751
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,143,866
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,130,017
Total Gross Expenditure: £517,683
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 56

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £672,068
Total Gross Expenditure: £438,976
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 56

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 1937266
Income Other Trading Activities: 64696
Income Charitable Activities: 110240
Income Investments: 57370
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2169572
Income Legacies: 146017
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £311,853
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,232,274
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1544127
Expenditure Investment Management: 6442
Expenditure Grants Institution: 29480
Expenditure Governance: 23008
Expenditure Support Costs: 107502
Expenditure Depreciation: 1105
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 17876
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £609,202
Assets Total Fixed: 3403
Assets Own Use: 3402
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,699,876
Assets Total Liabilities: £390,249
Assets Current Investment: 903266
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,313,030
Creditors One Year Total Current: 323294
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 66955
Assets Cash: £1,452,030
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 759202
Funds Restricted: 1553828
Funds Total: 2313030
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 1303829
Income Other Trading Activities: 56346
Income Charitable Activities: 65110
Income Investments: 47407
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1472692
Income Legacies: 151850
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £294,629
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,299,381
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1594010
Expenditure Investment Management: 5773
Expenditure Grants Institution: 137671
Expenditure Governance: 13585
Expenditure Support Costs: 96546
Expenditure Depreciation: 656
Gain Loss Investment: 62199
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £599,992
Assets Total Fixed: 4508
Assets Own Use: 4507
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,114,255
Assets Total Liabilities: £449,054
Assets Current Investment: 868830
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,669,709
Creditors One Year Total Current: 300485
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 148569
Assets Cash: £1,146,324
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 749992
Funds Restricted: 919717
Funds Total: 1669709
Count Employees: 14
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 16 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1316065
Income Other Trading Activities: 56191
Income Charitable Activities: 59159
Income Investments: 17336
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1448751
Income Legacies: 55284
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £305,777
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £838,089
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1143866
Expenditure Investment Management: 6008
Expenditure Grants Institution: 271860
Expenditure Governance: 10427
Expenditure Support Costs: 91134
Expenditure Depreciation: 515
Gain Loss Investment: -35150
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £565,719
Assets Total Fixed: 2701
Assets Own Use: 2700
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,100,687
Assets Total Liabilities: £374,560
Assets Current Investment: 794241
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,728,828
Creditors One Year Total Current: 289642
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 84918
Assets Cash: £1,248,127
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 565719
Funds Restricted: 1163109
Funds Total: 1728828
Count Employees: 13
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1007879
Income Other Trading Activities: 72938
Income Charitable Activities: 41634
Income Investments: 7566
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1130017
Income Legacies: 560774
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £148,644
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £369,039
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 517683
Expenditure Investment Management: 5358
Expenditure Grants Institution: 12198
Expenditure Governance: 10806
Expenditure Support Costs: 44516
Expenditure Depreciation: 84
Gain Loss Investment: 5320
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -14
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £353,223
Assets Total Fixed: 1273
Assets Own Use: 1272
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,576,508
Assets Total Liabilities: £118,688
Assets Current Investment: 543384
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,459,093
Creditors One Year Total Current: 118688
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £987,541
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 746273
Funds Restricted: 712820
Funds Total: 1459093
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 589281
Income Other Trading Activities: 50959
Income Charitable Activities: 25019
Income Investments: 6809
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 672068
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £90,151
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £348,825
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 438976
Expenditure Investment Management: 4847
Expenditure Grants Institution: 7936
Expenditure Governance: 10510
Expenditure Support Costs: 37629
Expenditure Depreciation: 315
Gain Loss Investment: 108255
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 252
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £420,781
Assets Total Fixed: 253
Assets Own Use: 252
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,104,040
Assets Total Liabilities: £262,840
Assets Current Investment: 535913
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £841,453
Creditors One Year Total Current: 251590
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 11250
Assets Cash: £413,176
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 582979
Funds Restricted: 258474
Funds Total: 841453
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Prevent Breast Cancer
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2005-06-03T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JULY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 MAY 2005 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 9 JUNE 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 MAY 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 MAY 2016 as amended on 26 Apr 2022 as amended on 13 Aug 2024 as amended on 03 Sept 2024 as amended on 31 Jul 2024
Charitable Objects: The advancement of health by the prevention of breast cancer for the public benefit worldwide but in particular in the United Kingdom by: - i. Funding research into the causes, prevention, detection and early diagnosis of breast cancer and that the results of the research are promoted and published for the public benefit;ii. Participating in, facilitating or supporting national and international research and development to overcome health inequalities in all aspects of breast cancer prevention among UK ethnic and cultural groups and to disseminate and share output from such programmes to improve breast cancer outcomes for these communities; iii. Informing, raising awareness, so that the public can learn and educate themselves by producing, disseminating and promoting important public health messages about breast cancer risks, symptoms, detection and treatment; iv. Supporting and raising awareness of technological and all other scientific, best practice and diagnostic advancements in breast screening including but not, limited to the support for the National Breast Imaging Academy; v. Providing pastoral services to support patients and their families affected by breast cancer, including but not limited to patient welcoming, orientation, break out spaces and refreshments at the breast screening unit; vi. Advancing all aspects of breast cancer prediction, detection, risk reduction, management, prevention and diagnosis; and vii. Advancing such other aspects of breast cancer prevention as medical and technological advances may recognise and develop in the future, as the trustees in their absolute discretion may determine.
Area Of Benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 427538
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GENESIS BREAST CANCER PREVENTION APPEAL LIMITED

Charity Name Id: 427540
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE GENESIS APPEAL COMPANY LIMITED

Charity Name Id: 427546
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE GENESIS APPEAL FOR GENE RESEARCH INTO BREAST CANCER

Charity Name Id: 575114
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: PREVENT BREAST CANCER LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management