OSCR Scottish charity profile

Bowel Cancer UK

ActiveCharity number SC040914
Registered3 November 2009
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC040914
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Scotland and other parts of the UK
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
95
Postcode
SE11 5DP

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) to promote, support and out carry out research into the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, cure and effects of bowel cancer and other lower gastrointestinal conditions (together 'Bowel Cancer') for the benefit of the public. (b) to provide support, assistance and advice to people affected by Bowel Cancer and or to their carers and families and other interested persons. (c) to advance the education of the public and health and social care professionals on the issues relating to Bowel Cancer. (d) to promote and influence effective care and support for people affected by Bowel Cancer and the involvement of their carers, families and friends in their support. and (e) the furtherance of such other objects and purposes in the United Kingdom as are exclusively charitable according to English law and in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£6,626,237£9,278,7919519 September 2025
31 December 2023£7,067,007£6,076,316958 October 2024
31 December 2022£6,258,805£4,776,6989522 June 2023
31 December 2021£5,307,924£3,535,9519511 July 2022
31 December 2020£4,590,971£4,099,6579528 September 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Unit 301, Edinburgh House, 170 Kennington Lane, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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