BREAST CANCER NOW
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Cash
£21M
+20% vs 2024
Net assets
£40M
-16.1% vs 2024
Employees
376
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,458,000 | £59,270,000 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £3,175,000 | -£7,794,000 | -345.5% | |
| Cash | £17,574,000 | £21,092,000 | +20% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £45,191,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £48,265,000 | £40,471,000 | -16.1% | |
| Equity | £48,265,000 | £40,471,000 | -16.1% | |
| Average employees | 360 | 376 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £13,630,000 | £15,836,000 | +16.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.5% | -13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.3% | 17.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.65x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BREAST CANCER NOW 2020-02-17 → present
- BREAST CANCER CARE AND BREAST CANCER NOW 2019-04-29 → 2020-02-17
- BREAST CANCER NOW 2015-06-08 → 2019-04-29
- BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN AND BREAKTHROUGH BREAST CANCER 2015-03-11 → 2015-06-08
- PROJECT BEACON 2014-12-09 → 2015-03-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In forming our opinion on the financial statements, which are not unaudited, we conclude that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BREAST CANCER NOW · parent
- BCN Trading Limited 100%
- BCN Research Limited 100%
- Breast Cancer Care Trading Limited 100%
- Breast Cancer Campaign 100%
- Breakthrough Breast Cancer 100%
Significant events
- “It's been a great year at Breast Cancer Now... one of us completing our first as Chief Executive and the other completing the final year of a rewarding and impactful tenure as Chair of Trustees.”
- “In 2024/25, we began an investment programme to raise fundraising income to support our new strategy and to make up for the dip in annual royalty income that's coming in 2027/28. For this year, this investment was £7 million and we've also increased how much we invested in transformative research, bringing our total across research, support and campaigns to an impressive £22.6 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOWSETT, Mitchell, Professor | Director | 2021-07-28 | Jun 1952 | British |
| FELTON, Keith David | Director | 2023-09-27 | Jun 1958 | British |
| GORMAN, Helen Sarah | Director | 2025-02-11 | Nov 1969 | British |
| HOLEN, Ingunn, Professor | Director | 2021-07-28 | Apr 1963 | Norwegian |
| MAKRIS, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2022-05-05 | Jan 1961 | British |
| ONI, Georgette Ulia Mogbonjubola, Dr | Director | 2022-05-05 | Feb 1978 | British |
| RICHARDS, William James Patrick | Director | 2024-02-20 | Aug 1988 | British |
| RUSSELL, Gail Elizabeth | Director | 2025-11-26 | Apr 1975 | British |
| RYAN, Claire | Director | 2022-09-29 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SHARMA, Nisha, Dr | Director | 2021-07-28 | Apr 1972 | British |
| THOMPSON, Jill Margaret | Director | 2019-04-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| TUCKER, Gail Louise | Director | 2023-11-29 | Mar 1964 | British |
| WOODS, Emma | Director | 2026-02-19 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Benjamin David | Secretary | 2014-12-09 | 2016-07-31 |
| ALVANITAKIS GUELY, Pascale Marie | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2024-09-25 |
| ASTAIRE, Mark David | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| BERRY, Gwenda Lynne | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2019-04-01 |
| BOUCHET, Veronique Anne, Dr | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2017-06-30 |
| BROWN, Barbara Ellen | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| COLEMAN, Robert Edward, Professor | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2018-04-30 |
| COPELAND, Christopher | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| DOOGAN-HOBBS, Elizabeth Lindsey | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2016-09-29 |
| EVANS, Dafydd Gareth Richard, Professor (Dr) | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2017-07-17 |
| GALLONE, Susan | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2022-05-05 |
| GAYLE, Sonia Beverley | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| HARRIS, Adrian Llewellyn, Professor | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2022-05-05 |
| HAZELL, Nicholas Simeon | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2016-02-19 |
| JOHNSON, Susan Ann | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2019-04-01 |
| LEWIS, Marion Joyce, Dr | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-07-28 |
| MAWHOOD, Caroline Gillian | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2016-09-29 |
| MOORE, Andrew Jeffrey | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| PICKERING, Ann | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2023-06-29 |
| PLOWDEN, Ruth Mary | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2017-04-03 |
| POWLES, Trevor James, Professor | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2021-07-28 |
| PRICE, Clair Jennifer | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2015-11-25 |
| SIMONS, Laura Michele | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2019-04-01 |
| SMITH, Isla Margaret | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2015-03-30 |
| THOMAS, Hilary, Professor | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2016-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.