World Cancer Research Fund Trustees, report, strategic report and financial statements Registered Charity No: 1000739 Registered Company No: 2536180 30 September 2021 World Cancer Research Fund Regisicred ntsmt*r 2536180 Trusle£s' repon. siraiegic rewri and financial 51Blemcnls 30 septem￿[ 2021 Contents R¢f¢r¢Dc¢ and administraiive information R¢port of the Trustees Statement of Responsibilities of the TnJ5tees Independent auditor's report to the Inembers of World Cancer Research Furtd Statement of financial aciiviiies BAIAnce Sheet Statem¢nt of cash flows Note5 to the financial statements 4-25 26 27-29 30 32 33-46 World Cancer R£5¢9rch fund Regisiered numb¢r 2536180 'rTU5t¢¢5' rewrt. strategic reJx)rt and financial 51aicinenis 30 Sepittnber 2021 Reference and administrative information IVORLD CANCEX llLSEklRCII FtTr4D CIIARITY NO.. l(X)0739 I".OMPANY NO: 2536180 RLGISI'LRLD OTrFICE 140 1*nto￿VIlle Ro&d .ondon TRUSTEES Ms. A StDrlaiT Ichairmanl Mr J Biiiin ProfA COYT Ms A Ilunl¢r Ms S P¢ppeT Mr11 Poiver Mr J.. 14111 (Ly of I l May 221 PRTr,'S11)Tr:NT M5 Marilyn Gcniry CIIIEb F.XWCIITIVF OFFICER M$ Rachael ITu150n Qorml¢y C.IIIF.F PINANC'.IAI. OTrbl(.'b.R Mr. Kelly Ilrowning Ii¢lircd 28 1'.eb 2021} tKtr $u¢¢e55nr SEC.'RTr.I'ARY Reed Smith LorpDrNlc Services Limited AIIDITOR R8M IIK Audil l.l.P ('hllNcrLd Accuiinianis 25 E.'arringth)n Sir¢ei London EC4A 4AEI BANKfr.RS Bgrrlgys 13yJJk l)1¢ P.0. Box 288 CJloiicesierbhir¢ NitWv5t 15wik 246 Rcg¢iit Sirccl l.ondo WIB3PD SOLlCI'roKs Rced Smith LLP ic Broad8tile'l 20 lJrimr05¢ SIT¢ London EC2A 2RS Balts W¢lls l.LP 2-6 cannon Slreci London EC4M 6YH World Canr¢r R¢5¢8rch fund ReEisl¢red numkr 2536180 Trusiees. retKTrN. Slr&t¢gic r¢port and financial sla*mcni8 30 SL'Piemkr 2021 Report of the Tru5t¢¢s for¢heyear ended30 SeNeniber 2021 The Trust¢¢s, who are also directors of World Cancer Research Fund for the purposes of the Companies Act, Presen¢ their Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2021. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of th¢ Statement of Recornmended Practice, Accountin8 and Reporting by Charitie5 (Charities SORP {FRS 102)) &nd ihe Financial Reportlllg Standard 102 applicable in the United Kingdom and Republi¢ of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Aci 2011 and UK G¢n¢rally Accepted Practice as it applies from l January 2019. in preparing ihe annual report And financial stal¢ments for the chariiy. This Report of ihe TN$iees itLcorporate5 the Strate8ib report dnd the Dirtclors, repon required under the Componies Act 2006 (StrategiL report and Dir¢dors' report} Regulations 2013. Who We Are Our vision is to live in 8 world where no one develops 8 preventable cancer. Our mission is to ¢h8mpion the latest and m05t 8Vthorilative scientific re5eaTch from around the world on cancer prevention and Suryival through diet, weight and physic&1 activity, so ihat we ¢&ti help people Inake infortned life5tyl¢ choi¢¢s to reduce their cancer risk and improve OUt￿m¢S of cancer survivoTS. The cornerstone of our research pro8ramm¢ is ihe Continuous Update Proje¢l, which infom)s our work. It is th¢ world's largest source of scientific research on cancer prevention and 5uJvival through dtel, weight and physic&l activiry. We tr&nslat¢ this xience into Aceurnt4 Acce5sibl¢. understandable infomiation $0 ihat you Can hvlve the best available cancer prevention advice ai your fin¥ertips in our Recommendations for C&n¢er Prevention. By funding research Bnd d¢liv¢ring healih infomiAiion PTO8romme5 such as EAt well during ￿nCer for cancer Survivors, and Eat Mgve Leam for children and famili¢s- we wnpower people to mak¢ h¢<hieT lifestyle choices. Publlc Ben¢llt It IS ¢51imated ihat one in two p¢gple in the UK will dtvclop can¢¢r in th¢ir lifetime but around 40 p¢r ¢¢nt of canccrs in the UK could be prevented- that's n¢2rly 147.000 case5 every year. Eattng a healthy diet, bein8 more active each dwy and maintaining a healthy w¢i8ht Bre, after nol smoktn8. the most important ways to reduce eart¢er TiSk. We think it is vi￿7 that all resca￿h on cancer prevention is pieced together to give a elear pictUT¢ on what people can do to help prevenl can¢er. We are proud to achi¢v¢ ¢his and provide clear, consist¢n¢, scien¢e.based messages abothl wh&t people Can do ¢0 reduce their canc¢T risk. We ¢onfim) that we hive complied with public benefit guidonce from the Charity CommtS5ion {in England and Wolesl. In particulHr. the I'ruslees considtr how plHnned activities will contribule to the wims and objectives set, and the ctTect that Ih¢s¢ will hav¢ on our beneficiari¢5. The World Cgncer Research Fund Network Worldwide the burden of cancer continues lo increase and 1¢ won't b¢ deAIt with by treatment alone. As a concer prevention ¢hArity, w¢ know only too well that effectiv¢ cancer preyenlioii measures ar¢ ¢ri¢i¢&l to dealing with the caneer cri515. World Cancer Research Fund 1$ a m¢mber of a network of cancer pr¢venlion Charities Wlth a global voice. For over almosi 40 years, the World Con¢er Research fund N¢twork {WCRF Neiworkl has advocated the vital need for cancer prevention me8sures to be taken ihrou8h a healthy diet, physical activity and being A healthy wet8hi. Our mes5a8e was ￿hoed in Febmary 2014 when the World Health Or8anlS&tion came oui strongly in 5UPPOrt of ur8ent implemenl?¢ion of eifectivt prevention strategie5 to curb thc disease. Bein8 a niember of a network, led and unified by World Cancer Research Fund Internaiional (WCRF International), we achieve much more workin8 together than we can alone. We access and support research around the world, share resources lo influenee policymaking and reach mor¢ people with our cancer prevention health infomiaiion. Collaboration mean5 we can fund more research, 5har¢ evidenc¢, pool expertise And use our r¢50urces elyiciently so you eart be confident you are getting excellent value for the funds you donate to us to help prevent cancer. World Concer R¢seaTch Fund k¢8i%ler¢d Dumkr 2530180 Trustees. rewrt. 3trat¢8i¢ r¢port and financial siaicmLnis 30 Sept¢￿&tr 2021 We believe that it 15 POS5ible to reverse the ¢an¢er burden but it will take all of us- 8ovemments, health prof¢$sion￿S and individuals- pulling togeth¢r io make this happen. Together we can Prevent ¢an¢¢r. Charilable Information World Canc¢r ReseaKh Fund {WCRF) 15 a charitable company limited by guarantee and wa5 e51abli5hed on 3 September 1990 (the chaTlty was re815tered by ihe Charity Commission on JO October 19901. It 15 governed by up to 10 Trustees in &ccord*rhce with th¢ Articles of Association. Govern*n¢e Inforn]8tioD The Trustee5 are responsible for the oversll strategic direction and management of th¢ organis&lion. They are elected at the Annugl Generol Meetin8 {AGM) and Can hold orrice until the gecond AGM following iheir appointment when th¢y are eligible for reappoinlm¢nl, Th¢ Trusiee Board rneets at lea51 twice a year where deci5ion5 8r¢ niad¢ rcla¢inB to Issues aff￿ting the charity. Th¢ Tru51¢¢ Board dele¥aies re5por15ibility for the operations of tht oharity to ih¢ Executiv¢ slHff.. Marilyn G¢ntry- Presideni. World C&ncer R¢S¢8￿h Fund Network Ra¢ha¢l l.lutson Gormley- c.hicf Executive OITicer {CEO), World Cancer R¢scarch Fund IWCRFI Kelly Brownin8 - Chi¢f fin8n¢iAI Ofticer {CFO}. World Cancer Research Fund (WCRFI (r¢tir¢d 28 Feb 2021) no succe590r Periodically, new Truste¢5 are rectwited to ensure th¢ charity has access to a comprehensive Tange of skills and on the basis of the specific needs of WCRF. New Tru51¢¢$ arc invited io Attend A board rn¢¢ting prior io their appoinimettt. New Tru5tee5 re¢eiv¢ key documents relating lo the Charity Qnd a cornpl¢t¢ induction programme. Trainin8 n¢¢ds of the Trustee Board #r¢ hssessed and met as neceSSBry on an ongoing bASIS. Senlor St8ff Structure The Chi¢f F,xe¢uiive Officer (CEO) is responsible for the day-to-day rnanagemeni of the Charity Hnd reports to the Pr¢sident of the Network and the Board of 'frusiee5. WCRF has three key divi5ions'. Communication5 and Healih Infom)ation,' fundrAisill8,' and finance & Operations and each have ll Di￿lor, who reports lo the Chi¢fF.xeculive o￿L¢tr Nnd mana8¢5 ¢H¢h team's staff and #ctivilie5. WCRF'S Staff works closely with colleagues in WCRF Int¢rnolional and the two or88nisations share olyice space. WCRf Iniernaiional provides strategic direction to ill meiiibers of the 8lobil ne¢work' il guidrs aiid manAge5 th¢ Sciencc and R¢$e8Tch programmes on behaifof WCRF, AS well As providin8 support in the followin8 4r¢Js.' l*inan¢e, Human Resoiirces. IT and gener&1 operational 108j51ic5. Remuner¥iion is assessed Annually in B¢￿rdAnCe with WCRF'5 &pprai$wl proc¢ss. The appraisal proce58 involves objective setting for eAch employe¢ ond a review of peTforman¢e against objectlVe5 on an annual basis. The perfomiance a8ainsl objectives is used as a basis for any voriable Compensalion awarded. The individual s&lary is predominately based on the employee's professional experience and or8allL5alional responsibilitie5 as 5¢t out by their job description and temis of employment. SalAries are benchmark¢d every two to three years using Cronor Rewards and XpertHR salary surveys to ¢nsur¢ competilivertes5 in the marketplace. World Cancer Researeh Fund Re8islei¢d number 2536180 Trustees, ￿port. slra*gic repDrt and fin8Jicial siaiemettis 30 S¢pl¢mkr 2021 Here 1$ an overyiew of our maln acbievemenls for the year Oclob¢r 2020 to September 2021: Sclence Re5e8rch Programmes Since inception, tlie WCRF Network has invested £130 rnillion in research worldwide. As¢an¢er is a complex disease, we need to look at all the different areas of research so that we can understand ihe bigger piCt￿re. To do ihis, every yeAr we invest in a variety of research projects. Sonie are ihe more traditional laborRtory based projects, while other5. such as the Continuous Update Project {CUPI. analyse research findin8$ from arourkd the world and translate that informaiion into usable advice for the 5cienlifi¢ community and our cancer Prevention Re¢ommendtttions for the general publi¢. Our wider Sci¢nc¢ and Research programmes are deliv¢red by World ca￿¢r Research Fund International for the benefit of All WCRF Network members. Researeh InterprolAtlon and the Continuous Upd#te Project (CUP) Tliree key rfhe yearfor oMrJlt7gshlp globrtl reseqrrh aiid ￿lT assocluled perlornwnce In relolloh lo iheim.. To ¢vld¢nee rtvlews on breast eoncer 4urvlvorJ To compleie a Series of systematic literature reviews evaluatitL8 ihe impacl ofnulrition. diet 8nd physical activity on physic&1 health And 4uality of life ofler a dia8nosis of breASi cancer. Th¢ inclusion of quality of life represent5 a notable developm¢ni for the CUP. This work included completing tlie reviews Dnd rin&li5ins agreemenl ofevid¢nc¢ con¢lusion5 and re￿inMendatIonS wilh the CUP Panel. Af hl¢v¢ments - The r¢views were completed, evidenced by th¢ production of 'Sy51ema¢ic Literaiure Review, documents with findings, conclusions and recomittendation5 and agreed by our Expert Panel. This included three review5 Ihat examined the impact of body faine5s. di¢tary risk foclors And physical activity risk factor5 on mortality and niorbidity out¢omes, and one revi¢won ihe impact of phy3i¢al activity on quality of life. 'The Pan¢1 deemed thai iher¢ wos Sufficient evidence for a stron8 evidenc¢ conclusion li.e. probable) for 8real¢r body latness being strongly ass¢xiAted with higher all.cau5e mortality, breast canc¢r mortality and sewnd priniary breast ¢&n¢er occurrence in breast cancer Silrvivors. There was Also evid¢n¢e to support limited suggestive eon¢lu5ions for eert&in dietary and physicAI octivily risk factors. 2. CUP traniltlon aDd new strAtegy- The 18 month transltion to a new and updated version of the CUP research proyrainme began in 2019 and comprised a comprehensive review of all aspects of the CUP. guided by experts working in eigh( subject-s￿lf1¢ worksirea1tt5. This aimed to place the CUP in the best position to be able lo address Ihe next g¢n¢ration of enquiry in redubing ¢&nccr risk and improving outcomc5 after 8 ¢ancer dia8nosis. More specific goa15 included completin8 the CUP transiliort me¢tin8S and for the CUP Sccr¢lariAi lo use the new outputs lls o way to d¢velop A new CUP stral¢gy. Aehlevemenl$- The CUP Transition Ponel meeiin85. Bnd production of final outputs, were completed, 45 indicated by ihe production of recommendations from eAch work5tre4m for the new CUP progr8mme of work, supporting evidence doeumcnts. and development of th¢ new CUP strat¢8y. Panel members, support¢d by the Secre¢ariat, led ei8ht sUbj￿1-SpeCiriC workstre8ms. The results of these were 5yI?Ihesiscd and or8anised by the Secretariat to provide A strate8y fgr the next phase of the CUP over the iiext five y¢ar5. Agreement of collHbor8flve projeets for the new CUP. 1he CUP SecretArhat aimed io develop a series ofnew collaborations to fucilltate th¢ new piogromme of work and development of novel work aTea5. The collaboralions were acros5'. LifeLoiiisc Aiming to ¢x&mine the impact of risk fACtor5 in early life on later caiiccr risk. b. Diefary and lJf¢style patleins. two collaboraiions aiming lo exomine how 5pecifJ¢ paltems influcnce breast and colorectal ¢ancer risk. the combined effects of the whol¢ diet and lifestyle ar¢ believed lo be more important than individual risk factor5. Mechanisms- aiming to look in detail at the bio108ical proces5e8 underpinning the relotion5hips between nulrition, physical activity and cancer risk. d. AiilofrnallQll- aiming to develop methods to 8utomale how the CUP reviews are eaTried out; increasing effici¢n¢y and enhancing U5er-¢xperienc¢. Aebievern¢nts- Five Collaborations were recommended by the Panel. wilh resear¢heTS from Wlgeningen Univ¢TSity. Health ReSea￿h Institute of the Balearic Islands, Harvard University, IARC, University of World Cancer Research Furtd Rcgisicred numkr 2536180 Trusie¢5' T¢FrtIrt. 51Tategic report and finBnci&l stalement5 30 %epicmber 2021 Bristol, and IM￿rIal College London. Project outlines were agreed with the identified ¢ollaborative groups and completed proposals received. Some wlderlHuJoclfHlJlgiiralrom our R￿etIre￿ liiierpreifiilfpii work.. 38 extemal experts ¢ontributed to ihe trall51tion phase of th¢ CUP 331 scienttfJ¢ publi￿110n$ were intluded in the bre8sL cancer survivor reviews 286.000 p¢opl¢ accessing our cancer stat15ties 5e¢tion on our website her Molablesmeeesses or dellveroblesJroni theye&r.' Five academic manuscripts from the breast uncer Survivors evidenee review5 submitted for publication in hi8h impact joumals. Developed A new CUP oversight structure (compri5iri8 an Expert Panel and four Expert Committees). Con)pleied a review and update ofihE cancer Statistics on the intemaiional and UK websil¢s- it being essential that these remain up to date 5in¢e they ore frequently cited in the medi&. D¢veloped an ongoing collAboration with Universily College Dublin whereby th¢ ReseAr¢h Inlerpreiation team annually host a student on a ten monih placement. A first placement was successfully rompleted with the student conlributlll8 to the developmeni of our obesity mapping reviews. Piloted the AMRC as a n¢w model for di5semiA#tin8 a¢ad¢mi¢ outputs from the CUP. allowins for more efficient and aecurat¢ tro¢king of citations. Involvein¢nl with A new screener tool developed by Dr Doro Roma8u¢ra ¢0 evHluai¢ the degree of dh¢rence to current nutritional guidelines for cancer preventLOn. Completed a n¢w S¢i¢nce strategy ihal inie8rates th¢ CUP sirateBy with the wider work of lh¢ ReseaKh Interpr¢talion Team, focusin8 on innovalion and translating science into poli¢y. Keyportiiershlps The ongoing collaboration with Imp¢ri81 Colleg¢ l.ondon continue5. Tliis in¢ludcs ten researehers and & databa manager, along with other advisors, conlributin8 to the CUP Review TeAm. In addilion, a number of n¢w ollaborations have b¢en ¢5tgbli5hed as part of the new CUP programme of work, aw&rded by the WCRF Network. 1These are.. Erasmus University Roiierdam llnd Professor Ellen Kampman (Wa8eningen Universily) on Lifecourse, Oet 2021. Sept 2024 {202112022- colorcc141 can¢er, 202212023- breast eanc¢r. 202312024- proslate cancer) Dr Dora Romaguera {HeAlth Research Institute of Ihc 13Aleoric IslAndsl on Dielary and lifesiyle pattems (cancer incidence work)., dietary and lifestyle pattern5 and b￿&st ¢8n¢er; April 2021- Dec 2021 Professor Id Giovannu¢ci (Hatvard University): Diel#ry and lifestyle factors and colorcctal ¢an¢er; O¢1 2021- Sept 2022 Dr Mar¢ Gunter, IARC on Cancer m¢¢hanisms' Dec 2021.Dec 2024 Dr Pau ETola. Professor Tom Gaunt, Profe550r Richard Marlin {University of Bristol) and CUP Team (ImperiAI Colle8¢ London) on Automation of CUP reviews. Oct 2021.sept 2024 Looklllg ilhe￿d A new 51ralegy is being developed with WCRF'S Communicalion5 & Engagemenl teAm for wider dissemination of CUP outputs, wilh wider network inpul. A number of other a¢ademic manuscripts from th¢ CUP transition work are being developed- for example, concept papers on the planned lifecourse and mechanisms work. The new CUP Panel and Expert Committees Are currenily being estsblished . with the fir51 Panel meeting proviskonally planned for June 2022. PIAnned announccment of the new CUP work ai thE World Cancer Congress in 2022. Rese%r¢h Fundlng Programrnti When the WCRF Network began funding research in 1983, the idea that the risk of developin8 cancercould be linked to diet was lar8¢ly dismissed. Almost 40 years on. our m¢ssage is now widely accepted around the world. The priority for our research has shifted to identifyin8 gaps in our knowlEd8e and i&king advaniage of new processe5 and te¢hnologies. New research is continually nEeded to ensure that we con contirhue to give peopl¢ the most AccurAte and up to date advice possible. Regulor Graiil ProgruKime (RGP) 20211/2021 Our Regular Grant Pro8ramme. managed by WCRF Internalional, provides funding of up to £350,000 per project, World Canccr Research Fund Regisl¢rcd number 2536180 Trttstses. rtrx)rL strategic rcport and financial slalemenls 30 Sepr¢mber 2021 enabling us to invest in varied proj¢¢ts worldwide these can be Investigator In2tiated Grants or Seed Grants. Inv¢stigator Initiated Grants are for researcheTS working on our research areas and themes. The aim of this &Tant ndin8 5¢h¢me is to support innovative and original restarch iThlo the link of diet. nutrition and physical aclivily in either C8n¢er Prevention or Cancer Sutvivors. Seed Grants are intended as start-up fund5 for preliminary research to allow th¢ development of innovativ¢ ideas. n¢w methodolo8ies and new research tools relevant to our Research 1bemes. This will Allow re5earch¢rs to collecl preliminary data or test study param¢lers to take them tts A Sta8¢ where an Application for an Inve$li8ator Initi&ted Grants would be appropriat¢. With the Covid-19 pandemic Causing disruption to ￿ndIng to many UK r¢sear¢h ¢haritie5. niany grant programmes were suspended for 202012021, how¢v¢r after careful consideration, we decided to open ihe RGP 202012021 call so that w¢ could continue funding vital cancer prevention and suryival researth. We hop¢d that with many oiher ors#nisations suspending their 8Tant pro8rammes, our pro¥ramme will b¢ able lo attract even mor¢ interesting and innovatlV¢ Projects than usual and we were ￿rrect &s we received a record 218 grant Applications. Over&ll. the WCRF Network funded 19 gr&nts to the v&lue of £4.4 in Sepiember 2021. From October 2020 to Septcmbcr 2021 the Network had 53 active or liv¢ gr8ntS, 5UPPOrting 47 re5earehers and organisations (bui each of them with more leams involved), Ai part of the 202(L21 WCRF Inlernaltonal grant progTamme, w¢ partnered with Cancer Australi8 to co.fund cancer PTev¢nlion ieseareh in Australia, This opportunity to be funded was Available to applicBnls bascd in Australi& who ar¢ invesli8atin8 the role of diet, nutrition (including body ¢ompositiolll and physical activiiy in priinary c8n¢eT pr¢venlion. Three 8rants of Ihe current cycle havo b¢¢n co.funded wilh Cpncer AustraliA and tlie pArtn¢rship has bcen r¢new¢d for the 2021-2022 Regular Grant Pro8ramrn¢ Call. Within th¢ fvndable applications there was a good split between our different research are49 wnd themes. We had Studies on ¢ancer preveniiort #nd I l on cancer survivors. orthe 19 gTant8 that were fundNbl¢,6 PToject$ focused on understanding ihe mechanisms that link diet, pliysical activity and body w¢i8ht with lancer, S on host faciors And 8¢netic susceptibility and 8 on evidence for impact on ¢anc¢rs survivors. IVewlNfiI￿dé￿SthrfI¢S In Sepicmber 2021, WCRF funded 7 new innovative resear¢h pro1￿15 this year that will contribute to filling gops in OUT SCi¢nlific knowled8e about cancer. These are.. Dr LlndA D¢nehy* Uttlvtr51ty of Melbourne, AuJtrAll&'. R¢habililAtion After bone mirrow transplant to improve poli¢nt outcomes {'Ilie RLBOOT study) Dr TllmAn KllhN. Qlteen's Vnlversity. BelfAst, Norih¢rn IrelAnd'. Polyph¢no15 and health outc(Imes Rniong brea51 cancer 5urvivors.' A prospective biomaTk¢r study Dr Roberl MA¢lnnls, CAncer Councll Vlctoria, Au%trAll8'. Population-level relevance of preventable T15k fo¢iors on the burden of c8n¢er Dr Jhmt5 Thorne, Ilnlvenlty of Leeds, UK.. Developing a mech&nis1i¢ unders¢&nding of how nulrient- metabolic gene paihway5 predict and modify respon5e5 to chcmoih¢rapy in breast cancer Dr Mlteh DunthN. NewcRstl¢ Unlver5ity. Australi4'. MULTI.HEALT14.. Co-creating a te¢hnolo8y based multiple behaviour inteThenlion for can¢¢r 5VTVIVOTS at increased risk of CVD SEED Dr Tlrno Bund, German Cancer Reselrch CeNter. G¢rmany'. Undersiandiri8 the Role of Bovine Meat nd Milk Factors IBMMFI in Chronic Inflammation ond Colorectal Can¢eT SEED Prof Dr Michael L¢ltxmann, University of R¢gensburg* GermHny.' The combined impact of physical activity, sedentary behaviour. and ¢ardiometabolic comorbidities on cancer risk and survival among cancer survivors {PaCoCanS) More detoils about these projecls will be available on our website htt s'.Ilwww wcrf.o we•re*fundin intlresearch. World CHnrer R¢s¢arch l.-und Regi51eied numb¢T 2536180 Twstee8' report, siraie8ic ]eFX)rt and finwicial statements 30 SepiL'mber 2021 KrygéJal.ffor FY2021V21 To 5ucce55fully run the 2021 ReseArcb Cr8llts ProgramMt- dealing with applicant querie5. working with the Grants Panel and ensuring the assessm¢nt process is done following AMRC peer reviewer policies- a5 well as planning the RGP 2022 Call for Grants, updating the programme and applicatto fomjs and developin8 relevant do¢umentalion for our partn¢rship with Cancer Australia Acblevemtnt$: Receive qtialiiy opplicalioMsfi'npn a vui'ieiy oforganisations, coiiolrie.t iEseaich ieanis wiihim oiir remil.. We received a Tecord 218 grant applicaiions in the current cycle. Thi¥ was due partly io the fa that we were one of the few ￿nderS ¢0 proceed with our scheduled grant call in the face of the pandemic alld also to our new pat1nership with Caneer Avslralia Iwhsch doubled the number of Australian application5). We pron}￿ed the call to 8 group of reseArch llew or8ani5ations in the Netherland5 Undeviake AMRCpeer revleiv aiidil.. the AMRC PAnel comments were very positiv4 sayin8 tha¢ wc provided 'A Ihorou8h respons¢ from an organisation with exemplary pro¢e5ses' and a 'V¢ry ¢leaT rol¢ for patients at all stA¥CS of the peer review process, In addition, and due to ihe good practice demonstrated by your or8anisa¢ion, we were ask to be ¢onnected with other meniber organisations to provide peer-to-pe¢r support and practical advic¢ on best prAcii¢e in peer revi¢w. Updule Ihe WCRF Inlernafional gi'oK1pi'￿81'afitffiIe R(iP 2022 coll.. based on ihe discussiorti with the Pan¢1 to narrow the remit llnd w¢ive a ieduce number of applications and projects we review¢d th¢ reinit and the schemc5. receiving less applications {124), r¢dv¢ing mainly the number of PTrGs compare wilh SGS last year and bein8 more focus on our 8rea of inieresi. Key stalisli¢s Belw¢en l Oclober 2020 #nd 30 September 2021. we deoli with 1540 enquiries from applic4nt5, r8nt holder$ and reviewers. We approached morc ihan 520 scientists and clini¢ians ¢0 Teview the opplicatitsn5 and rec¢ived 165 r¢views. o The Panel submitl¢d more than 500 revl¢w5 for the 51 applications shtsrtlisled. 2. To mAn#ge the portfollo of Aetlve grAnli - in particular through cnhanced inter8¢1ions with grant holder5.'fhis also included.. reviewing progres5 reports and monitoring the projects. dealing with requests from th¢ 8rAnl holders., workin¥ with other teams lo promoic Ihe fund¢d ￿search., pioviding opportuThilie$ for WCRF slalyio undersi&nd b¢tt¢r the research we fund, plus odditional monitorin8 of the grgnts funded due io Covid19 pandcinic. AehleveiNenls: We organised two virtual li&150n vislts with our gront holders. one in June with researchcT5 based at Maastii¢hi University and on¢ in Septeinber with thr¢¢ of the research tcam5 based at Brisiol Ilniversity. These vi5115 liavc be¢ii highly successful and provide an opportunity for sioff from WCRF UK ond WKOTr lo participate and get lo know oiir scientists better. We worked with the Communicalions & EngHg¢meni team to proinol¢ the outcomes ofour research. This in¢luded.' sharing and promoting 24 publications froIn our grant5 on social media: press releasing Emma Vincenl's publication on obesity And colorectal cancer in December 2020 and Kost8s Tsilidis. publication on alwhol and coffee on liver canr£r in August 2021. Researeh diirliig COV1th19 W¢olways have a Strong relationship with our grAntholder5 Wlth regular monitoring find evaluation but wilh the globthl COV1￿1 9 pandcmic Continuing to disrupt many research projects. we monitored ihe progres5 of our grants more c105ely, offcring support wherevtr we could. Luckily oll of OUT Oll80in8 8ranls were able to continue but the ¢xlTa monitoring during the PAndemiG ha5 given us the opportunity to forge even stronger ties with our 8rantholders, whi¢h we look forward to continuing in the future. Sharlng seleiilljle research We regularly attend scientifi¢ ¥onference5 and events to shafe our infom)ation and knowledge &lx)ut research into the role of diet, nuirition and physical activity in relation to cancer pr¢v¢ntion and survival and promole our work. While most conferences over the past year hav¢ been converted lo a virtull formal, we have remained involved in conference related work, Thi5 ha5 enabled us to showcA5e our work globally and keep up to date with the latest dev¢lopments in the fEeld. Conferences we were involved in lasl year included.. European and Iniemational Congres5 00 Obesity (ECO), and National Cancer Rcsearch In8tituie Conference (NCRI). Our involvemtnt at conferences range5 from giving poster and oral presentations to invited tAlk5 to attending as delegate5. World Cancer R¢5tar¢h bund Regisi¢r¢d num￿[ 2536180 Tn]ste¢5' T¢Wrt, stTaf¢8ic report and f1th￿tIllI stoiemenls 30 Sepiember 2021 Slre55 cancer There ha5 becn much sp¢culation over the ycar5 that stress can cause cancer, we've seen this in the media And also in our 5UPPOrter surv¢ys $0 to ithvestigate this fiJrthe¥, in Ociober 2020. we commissioned the University of Sheffjeld to conduct a rapid systematic review of the asso¢iaiion between 5tre5s and ¢an¢er (includsng a focus on diet, nutrilion and physical activity) to explore in more d¢tail the evidence base in this area. 79 published reviews wer¢ id¢ntified,. there were some signÈficant limitations to the Studies e.g. 'stress' was defined differently in different sludies, and out¢om¢ measurts lincludirhg biomarkers) varied between studi¢s. Nevertheless. although ihe evidence that stress Can direcily influence cancer iTrciden¢¢, or progressiort, rccurrence or SUTvival was inconsistent. it dTd show that stress CAn affect health related behaviours includin8 diet and physical activity, which ihern5elves 8r¢ linked to c&ncer and c4n aff¢¢t biological markers of stress ihat mighi influence mechanism5 related lo cancer. Th¢ next $lage for thL5 project is to look inio whether or not il would be beneficial to do a illore in depth review in the future. The big8est obsta¢l¢ to this being ihe inconsistent d¢finition of'siress" In the m¢anlim¢ a plan for how to use the infomiatiort w¢ have 15 in development. Eiicoiirv%liiR ihe ￿￿k&tutt￿lI0￿ ofnewsdellllsls The WCRF IntemoiionAI Academy was sel up in 2009 to help devclop ￿lUre leaders 111 th¢ field of nutTltional ¢pidcmio108y And ellncer prev¢ntion. We now have a global altjmni of 41 Fellows based in 22 countries around the world, They ran8¢ fr(Trm PhD students And as50cial¢ PTofessors lo scientific artd poll￿ advi5¢rs. Our 8opI for FY202012021 was to $upport our Academy pro8ramine and increase capacity buildin8. ¢n8a8ing wi¢h th¢ Fellows on social nicdiA a￿d through the newsldter llnd workin8 Wlth Intemational Collaboration on NutTltion in rel&iion to Cancer IICONICI on the dev¢lopmeDt of a grani writin8 eourse for LMIC researchtrs We developed CAPttcity building through discussions with th¢ ICONIC and contributed to their 8rant COUTse efforts in AfricA, And a5 part of our Academy dCIIVllies and our involvement in ICONIC, we worked with Professors Ellen Kampnian and Cora Biisstra at Wagenin¥ert University in ihe Netherland5 to dcv¢lop An online disiance learnin8 course lo h¢lp with succcssful yrani proposal writing in low.and middle-incom¢ Countries ILMICS), Th¢ COVTse WAS & suecess. Artd the group of African researchers will Dow further develop online training for AfTi¢an PArticipants. Our contribution was Inainly through prowtding Telev&ni resource5 from the CUP for the online course, In time we hope this will help increase the quality of applications from LMICto our grant pro8rAmme and help enable a more 8lobal portfolio of reseiTeh. With almoyl 40 years in the cancer Prevention arenll, it's nol 5urpri5ing that we have a stron8 netWQTk of 5UPPOrters alld advocates within the 5¢Lentifi¢ community. Here #re some highligh¢s of activities by our supporters conducted on our behAIr.. One of our Brant holders Dr Jennifer BAk¢r presented her WCRF funded research al the ECO conferen¢e and subsequently wrote & blog on 'Doe& a higher body lrtd&t in childhoodprwe¢l ivviuen againsl breas1 ¢ciKcei' im lalei. lif¥?' The team of researchers &t Maastricht Univer51ty Icad by Prof Motty WEijenber8 and Dr Martjin Bours published 7 papers thi5 year on the effect ofdict Jnd 5¢11enlary beh&viour on colore¢lal cancer survivor5. Dr Bours wrot¢ 8 blog for our web511e on Wltuifuc)d&hoiildcoloreclL71 cancei'.ii¢ivivoiJ eul? We worked with Prof Ed Giovanucci of Harvard Universlty to 5UPPOrt th¢ publication process of his work about UK Cancer estimates on the AMRC. Open Research Plaiforn). This WAS used a5 Pilrt of the C&nc¢r PreventioR Awarenes5 Week campaign in March 2021. From our Academy proxramme, our WCRF Fellow Stella Breinin8er was &waTded the 'Deans Award for Postdoctorol Researchers for Citiz¢nship 2020, for hcr mentoring of medical Students. LoukliiRuhéud From (ktober 2021, we ar¢ currently m&naging a portfolio of 68 projects, the highest numb¢r of a¢tive grant5 since the programme started. Up¢oming confer¢nce5 wliere we have pl&nned participation.. AICR Conference, World Can¢er Leaders Summit IWCLS) and Hellenic Dietelic Conference 10 World CaTK¢r Research Fund R¢gi51ered number 2536180 Trust¢CS' Tetx)rt, Sli&t¢8ic report and financial siaiemenis 30 8¢pleniber 2021 Polley & Public AffAi Over the last ye&r wc have d¢veloped a new Policy and Public Affairs Strategy which ouiline5 our prioTlti¢s ov¢r the coming year5. Thi5 was developed in consultation acioss the WCRF network, our Policy Advi50ry Group and ihe Science dep&rtment. Our three most important goa15 were.. To maSnt4ln our strong re18tlonshlp wlth the World Health Organlzatlon through our Offitial R¢lallon8 StHtus- to influence ihe development and implen)entalion of nuirition and physical activity policy. AehitverneDt8: This incliid¢d ¢onsultations on obesity targets and recommendatioris, A new global aclion plan on alcohol policy and reviewin8 the global $lalus report on phy5i¢al a¢livity. We attended the 74 World Healih Assembly (WHA74) and Coniributed statements on a range of issue5. including social determinants of heal¢h. the COVID-19 response and WFIO r¢form. We also deliver¢d on our activity plan for WHO official relations And Inet all targc¢s in terms of feedin8 in iechnical input into Wllo 2. To dtllver our work In the C￿cREATE proJeet Acblevem¢nts: We delivered (Trur contracied deliverable5 Within ihe project. We now hav¢ a daiasei of 319 policies for 19 countri¢5 in th¢ NOIIRISHING database and 480 policies for 15 ¢ouniries for ihe MOVING dAiaba5e. We developed benchmarking tools to assess th¢ d¢5ign hnd strength of polici¢s which promoie either healthy diets or physical activity. We celebrated the first birthday of the MOVINCJ physical aclivily database with a we¢klon8 programme of Social m¢dia octivity, shAriny facts and stats about ihe dai&bA5¢5.. 3. To support the pollcy hetlvltles of the WCRF nehyork of charltle5- to provide infomiation, support and ¢xpertise with domc5tic policy priorities. Achlevemenlg: The network convenes on a quarterly basis lo sh&re iipdaies and infomiation and di5CU5s collective priorities. We worked on several UK govemmcnt consulialions on IAbellin8 and marketing, And ollaborAted with AICR on a WIIO ¢onsuliation on alcohol. We a150 dcvelop¢d a target to increAse our ¢ommunications oulput and impact in a monihly blog, vlog and newsl¢lt¢r. In (h¢ VK we supported the w¢lcoming of the new Naiional Food Stralegy and a call for better alcohol labelling, and participated in working groups on child Iradc &nd health. Tror thc US we provided technical support on front of pA¢k lubelli118 and alcohol labellins to inform influen¢ing &clivitits. And for the Neiherland5 we shared infomiation about food policy envirortmcnt evaluation and updAtes about dddilions from Ihe Netherlands to the NOIJRISHING and MOVING d8tabases. her iiotuble sHceesses oNddellvernble&.' We were deli8hied to take part in a 5idc event Nt the UN Food Syst¢m Pre.Summil in July, ahead of (he UN Food System Summi¢ in September. We shared perspectives on the need to design and implement junk food marketin8 restrictions And the importance of involving youih in ¢T¢aling healthier food environments. For the Summit ilself in September. we raised the importance gf diet and health within the food system and co- author¢d a piece with our Policy Advisory Membcrs on M We then followed vp with on opinion piece on Dev¢x on how commitments generated through the summi¢ Can be delivered throLEgh good govemanee mech&ttisms. We considerably increased the delivery of our Policy communications outputs wilh a newsletter, video round up of our ACtivi(ie5 and blog each month, plus Social media activity. We presented our work 8t several conference5 during the year, such a5 the European Public Health Congres5 and the lrtlern&lional Society for Physical Activity. LfpoklnR We havc laiin¢h¢d a new temi {until 20241 of our Policy Advisory Group. The Group brings together leading civil soci¢ty representative5. policy makers and acAdetnic5 Wlth expenise and knowledge on NCD prevention policie5 in dset, nuirition and physical activity to provid¢ 5trategi¢ and techrtical advice on our evidenc¢-for-policy and influencing work. World Cancer k¢f¢8rrh Fund Regislered number 2536180 Trus1¢¢5' report, siiaiegic ￿POrt and financial slaiemenls 30 SepiembeT 2021 We have developed a new workplan of activities to mobilise Ihe expertise and advi¢e of our Policy Advisory Group on a ran8¢ of projects such a5 enga8einent in hi8h-level events like the UN Food Syst¢ms Summit and th¢ development of publi¢alions. We are in the process of renewing our WHO 0￿7¢11] Relation5 Status which gives us privile8ed ac¢¢ss to WHO officials and govemance proceedings. Tn ihe next phase of our activity plan, we will be strengthening our engagement with WHO'5 physical activity and NCD departments &nd coniribuiing technical input from the CUP and our survivorship work. Communi¢atlng healthy lifestyl¢ meMages All our communications. health educAtion programmes and campAigns aim to enabl¢ better understanding And to encourage behRviour ¢hange to reduce the occllrrcnce of preventable cancers. W¢ do this by offering high-quality evidence-b85¢d infom)aiion and health tools to empower people to make healihy lifestyle choices. Our team of nulrition experts has continued lo support cross•choriiy projects, ensuring all our conten( is upto-dllt¢ and in lin¢ wilh our cancer prevention r¢¢omm¢ndotions. Our projects cover the Areas of prevention, ensurin8 that as inany people as possible not only know thai 40/0 of cancers can be prevented but know what they can do ¢0 Tedu¢e their risk and also c&ncer survival, providing SUPP(>rt. dvice and yuidance on diei and exercise lo people who aY¢ living with And beyond ¢an¢er. We connect wilh the publÉc directly and a150 wilh health professionals so that they Can 8ive ihe most up to dale information to th¢ir pHti¢nls. CNncerSiirvlwprs- Three keyRoalsfor ilieyear.. To Snern*se our overall reReh eng#gement To grow our Survlvorship ar¢A Rnd dellver *greed, funded projeels 3. To dtvelop dlvers¢ and Ineluslve projetls, ypdht¢$, 1nlflAtlV￿ And rtsour¢o$ sp¢clllcAlly for people livlng wlth wnd b¢yond eAnter Covklng ses51on$Jor eameersmrvlvors During the beginning of Ihc p&ndcmi¢ we worked c105ely with 4 not-for.profil cookery school parlner, Like Kitchen, and our oncolo8y specialist dietitian consultant. 5ucc¢ssfylly converting in.pcrson cookin8 ¢la5se$ into virtUAI cook- along sc5sions - in line with Covid19 precaulions. In March 2021, we ilso bo8an delivering Classes in North-Ea5t England and IBst England, as well as cla55e5 spe¢ifi¢ally for anyone livin8 Wlth br¢ASt cancer. By Au8usI 2021 w¢ had received more fundin810 d¢liver ¢lass¢s for people living with cancer in any location. In tol81, 134 people atlecled by cancer successfully att¢nded a cook.alon8 class, with lo￿10 of attendees receivin8 WCRF r¢50urce packs and food voucher5 lo cover cosls. Feedb&ck inrluded.. "li ivu.y c)bvioiis a loi olplanprins hadgone inlo ¢i*alill% ihis evenl. lJ¢li veryfL)ririnule ID have ihe cha￿e In oiieKd. Goodio do il inyc)iii' rjiiin kiichett whcreyoii kKr)ivyoiiY eqiiipmenl andcan i'epedl ir eusily." 'Was ihuiighip171vokihg ie., I￿￿Edien1￿ uKdiheirphysical andmenlul effe¢l.¥. Veryfiiendly, pnlj essional L7ndivellplanoed. Thankyoti so miich, "Il was asoodopporlunity io spei7k wilh a ivide range ofpeople In ihe cHYr£nt siliiqlioll. I miss golng its srippoI'I Rl'oiips. "Reully enjoyed il, andirieddiffe1yrtifoodco￿ibI￿QIion￿ aiid ingredienls thai I woiild uoi htwe iésedas I didK'I kprow aboiil if. Overall we engaged with nearly 160 people livin8 Wlth and beyond callccr over fourmonlhs of deliveringthis support, and received some great ftedback. Following the session.. 670/0 of attendees felt much more confjdent about eating well during and after carhcer, and IOOYO of attendees found th¢ sessions useful. PfjiléHlsiipportgroHpF We continued to deliver and expand our monthly survivorship patient support group se55ions with our oncology specialist dieiittan consultant and cancer survivorship ambRssador, Adele Hug. These sessions explore different areas around cancer survivorship and protnote the most r¢¢ent WC.RF survivorship research and finding5. 'The aim of this initiative is to provsde illcreased access to fits¢-hand, reliabl¢ clinical support And to improve quality of life for anyone who has received a can¢er diagnosis. In May 2021 w¢ were awarded fundin8 to continue delivery of thi5 5VPPQrt. 12 World Cancer Research Trund Regisiered numlKr 2536180 TnJ5t¢¢s' r¢wrt, 8traiegi£ rcwrt and finDncig1 st&l¢menls 30 Scpiemtor 2021 He&lih Professlovolf Over the year. we had 571 enrolments onto our Cancer Prevention e-learning course and delivered thr¢e half-day virtual cancer prevention workshops for health professionals.. two in the Nor(liwest plL)s an open access one, providin8 valuable cancer pr¢vention iraining for 57 re815tered health professionals. After aitending Ihe North West workshop. IOO/o of the participants were correcily &ble to identify the risk factors for cancer, and all st&ted they wer¢ likely io use WCRF resources with their patients. 95•/0 of att¢nd¢es fvom ihe open acces5 workshop felt mor¢ ¢onfident in giving advice about cancer PTevention to patien15 and clients. We worked with multiple consultAnts to create and deliverthree new in-house can¢er Syryivorship webinar5 for he81th professionals, and with MyNulriWeb to d¢v¢lop a number of other webinars to market to their audiences. The webinars were as follow$'. Vegfin dl¢ls and ¢Allter- wlth Adele HUR: Out of 42 &iiendees. 840/0 of attendees found Ihis wtbinar either extrtniely usefijl or useful, 84% learned 501nethin8 that can be applied lo their usu81 working praciices, And IOOOh 5atd th¢y would recommend this webinar And were intere51ed in art¢nding future webinars. Jnequalltleg In breast ¢Afjcer c%re- wlth TorAI Sh&h: out of 40 Attendees. 94Q/o said th¢y would be intertsled in dtiendin8 future w¢bin8rs. Alcohol and CAneer- wlth Adel¢ Hug.. Out of 32 attendees. 920/0 h8d leAm¢d something that could b¢ 4ppli¢d to their usual way of working. Reduclng br¢&st ¢An¢er And Addrey51ng InequA15tles. wllh MyNutriWeb: with 580 attendees. 33VD of whi¢h were confidcnt about the ¢vid¢n¢e-base for the lifestyle-related risk factors for breast cancer, ri5inJJ to 92% after Ihe webin8T. Red And processed meat And bowel tANcer- wllh MyNutrlWeb: 780 health PTof¢s5ionals in ottendAnce; 57% of Ihcse were nuiriiionists And dielilians. After the w¢binar, 92(*/D of allendees f¢lt Y¢ry Aware of the evid¢nce base for red and prtKessed inea¢ and bowel ¢dncer. 990/0 felt better infomied. 969/• rated the webinar 45 ood or ¢x¢ellen¢. In June 2021, WCRF was invit¢d to sit on MyNuiriWeb'$ Advisory Board to help sei the future dirtttion of ¢Ancer relfited webinars. We hwd a virtuAI sland at the Nurse5 in Pradice Conference, And a total of154 nurses Visited the stand and 196 nurses watched our 20-minule webinar on our eanccr pr¢v¥nlion recoiMIMendalion5. We also test.mailed our lrformed healih professionals newsletter with GPS acros5 the UK and 30 new GP5 w¢r¢ recrulted as a result. During the year we sent out 12 e-newsletters to health professionals, and a further118 heRlth prof¢5sionals subscribed to our 14ealih Professional Memb¢r5hip Package. bringing the loial subscribed to 3,800. We seni out 1,918 palieni friendly publications to new members of our health professional package, along with a further 821 free copies of our 10 WÉtys To Pi'olcci Yoiii'self Againsi Ca￿cer booklet, More than 500 copies of our new Fluvoiii. Niili'liion cooklKK)k wer¢ a159 ordered by health professionals, mostly going to cancer cenlT¢$. Lookliig WCRF ha5 been working with the oncology dietician leam at Guy's and St Thomas, NHS Trust lo ¢reote a telephone helplille support 5¢ryice, that allows their cancer p81i¢nts to ocress tailored nutritional advice throughout their trealment and beyond. The goal is to minimi5e waitin8times for patients and provide mor¢ a¢c¢sS to specialisi support. We plan to18unch the Cancer & Nutrition Helplin¢ in Spring 2022. Wc a150 plan lo fvrth¢r develop our patient support work, increasin8 diversity through inclusion of marginalised communitie5. Funding has been award¢d that will contribute towards making ihese sessions more inclusive and incorporating diverse healihy re¢ipes. PMbllcailoMS & Resour¢￿- Thtse keygoa15for theyear.. To me#$ure the impact of our h¢olth Information {digitAI gnd prlnttd). in particular. to colle¢t qualitative infomiRlion as to whether the reader of our h¢alih guides. cookbooks elc. has made any changes World CBncer Rcs¢arch Fund Regisl¢r£d nunit¢r 2536180 TruslL*S' r¢JM)Yl. strNte8ic r¢port and financial siaiemenis 30 Sepl¢n)ber 2021 to their diet and lifesiyle. The key aim is to see if our re50urce5 have helped people change their b¢haviour P051tively. Achievements: We started to ¢olle¢t some data as part of a value exchange pro8ramm¢ using our Men's Health Guide. We sent a survey to those who requesied the guide to see if they hAd changed their behaviour. From th05¢ who responded, 38&/0 said they had made chan8¢5 to their diet and lifestyle. with I￿/0 saying they would. Some of the changes people made includ¢d eaiing better. cuttin8 down on processed mea¢.105in8 weight and ¥ettin8 moTe active. 2. To IncreAse th¢ reAeh of our Work- by targeting hard to reach groups within local communi1i¢5 who may be at a higher risk of developing ¢an¢¢r (by having low levels of physi¢al aciivi¢y. a poor diet, and lor living with overweight or obesity), and looking at the IrRnslation of our re50urce5 foT those whom English isn't their first lan8ua8e. Aehlcvtments.. Our plan WAS to target two community group5 Wlth our resour¢es. bui due lo Covid-19 this did nol IMaleri8lise. The iranslation piec¢ was also put on hold. bul this will be rolled out in 2022. 3. To creAte more dlverslty ltt our heAlth r¢sollrc¢s. by having more Iliv¢rsity in our imagery #nd our approach lo langu&ge. Achlevemenls: We started to fa¢tor this in¢0 our resources and progrhmmes by the choic¢ of imagery used and our IAnguage. bul there is much more to do. Last year we prodU￿d six new printed publi¢ations.' Healihy Living After CaN¢eY, Livi*gAn Aeirve Lile, pn update of IQ Way.1 To Pi'oli¢i Yoiii'.velf Axuinsl CaKLei', FaMilly Flavoiirs cookbook, Heulrhier,Sloiv CookinA recipe book and FIL7VOUi' alldNiilriiivn recipe book (d¢v¢loped in collaboration with not-for-profii, Life Kit¢h¢n}. H¢alihy Living After CuncEI' was f¢alured on BBC. Radio Bradford, And in a War on Cancer webinar, And in total w¢ scnt out 1,3(H) copie5 Wlth 520 downloods. 1,800 copies of our Llvlrtg An Aclive Life guid¢ were seni out. with 853 being dowiiloaded, Our Flavoiir & Niili'lfiun recipe book was sent OU¢ lo 2.391 households and had ovcr 500 downloads, with Inore than 500 addiiional requests from health professionals. Lastly, we had 4,381 r¢que$t$ for our Ftsnilly Flavoriis cookbook including 6,275 unique visits lo the cookbook's web page. We14un¢hed our new online re59v￿¢ hub, EAt Move Learn, to help educale children About healthy eatin¥ And bein8 active in A fun way, in ihe Autiimn of 2020. Durin8 the year it had 330,627 unique p&g¢ views, And of those who provided feedback, 68Yo sjid Ih¢y had leamt someihin8 new. Porliierslilps lliid Colliibom¢lons We collaborale closely wilh a variely of diverse organisations and alliances to deliver the 1g¢est research And Advice on ¢8ncer prevention. Thcre arc ¢wo million people currcnily livi118 With cancer in the UK, a figurc predictcd to double over the next decade. but it doesn't have to be thi5 way. Our collaborations. partnerships and memberships help us get that messoge to even more people. Here are some of the groups we work wilh.. Alcohol Hemllh Alllonc¢ We are o membcr of the Alcohol He<h Allianc¢, 8 ¢oalilion of 50 non-governrnenlal org&nisation5 that work togeilier to highlight rising leve15 of alcohol-Teloted healih T15ks, and Promote evidence-ba5ed poli¢ie5 to reduce the hami caused by alcohol, including developin8 certain types of cancer. As50¢'1ollon olmedlcftl Research ch￿rIll*S We are a member of Ass(￿latiOn of McdicBI Research Ch&riiies (AMRC), which support5 health pnd medical ¢hariiies in the UK to deliver hi¥h.quality re5ear¢h, and champions impact for patients Rnd public benefit through influencing poli￿ and reseaTCh. DleleilcA.fsotlfiiloh Our Eat Well During Cancer booklet 15 endors¢d by the British Dieteti¢ Association IBDA}. with their Spcciali5t Oncology group supporting us with iheir txpcrt15e around diet durin8 canc¢r treatment. Obeslty Heulih Allioiiee Wt are a member of the Obe51¢y Health Alliance, which we support to h¢lp prevent obe5ity-related h¢Hlth condition5. We share our insi8his and ¢xpertise with it5 members and support the Allianc¢'s Campaigns to help inlluence ¥overnment on vital policies needed to ¢urb the obesity crisis. NalioMolJ1151ilMlefor Heolih Research W¢ are founding members of th¢ National Institute for Health Research INIHR) Can¢er and Nutritiort Collaboration. The scope of the Collaboration's work includes all 5ta8e5 ofcancer, fvom prevention throu8h to treatment, living with cancer and palliative and end of life care. In April 2021, we solidified our relationship by a8reeing to fund the Collaboration for two yeats. more infomiation below. 14 World Cwicer R¢Karch Fund Regisl¢rcd Dumber 2536180 Trusle£s' repom. sir*t¢8i¢ ￿p￿rt dnd financial sla*menls 30 Sepl¢mb¢r 2021 Smsiulii We aTt a member of th¢ f￿)d And faTtniTrg alliance. Suslaitj, which aims to enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment for everyone, enrich society and Culture and protnote ¢quity. UiiloM/or INleriialioiiftl Caiicer Coiilrol We are members of Iht Union for International Cancer Control {UICCI, regularly aitending ind participating in its World Cancer Congr¢ss and World Cancer Leaders, Summi¢ to shkre the very latest on our cancer prevention researeh and policy activitse5. Every ycaT, on 4 February, we also provide a tailored social media campaign lo support UICC'5 World Cancer Day, a singular irtitiative under which the entire world can unile against c&ncer. Keypartiier.shlpi Ciiok.¥chotsl andihe Junior Cook% Club In laie 2020. we be8an a new partnership with Cook School, a chariiy thai goe5 into schools to deliver in-person cooking lessons to School children and which since Cowid-19 has been developing online versions of their educational cont¢nt. This joint programme 15 branded Junior Cooks Club, and tO8ether we hav¢ been developing ntw content so as to be able io deliver four onlin¢ vid¢0 cooking lessons lor school children. Ea¢h lesson will be supported by ¢ea¢her notes and a resource pack that each ¢hild will lake home wilh them to help encourage hralihy eatin8 and ooking habits at home, Having secured a final tranch¢ of fvnding in Au8usI 2021. w¢ will be launching a pilot pro8r4mme of the Junior Cooks Club in February 2022. This will be delivered in the Bren¢ arco of London. The location was chosen as 1¢ has high r8¢e of child obesity &nd a high numb¢r of people living in ptsverty. As part of the piloi, we will be aimin8 to r¢8¢h 1,000 ¢hildren. The dim5 of th¢ programme Are lo iiittea5e food and vegetable intake, increase &warelless and education aboui food and nutrition, and for each Child to ￿1￿ ¥re4¢¢r cooking ¢onfidcn¢e and ski115. The r¢5ults of the pilot will be finalysed early Summer 2022. NIHR C'ancer &ptdNiilrilion Collobovoilon In April 2021 we enter¢d into discussions with the NIHR Caii¢¢r and Nuiriiion CollAboralion to fomi a strategic p&rtner5hip. focused on deliverin¥ con51Stenl. credible information and irainirt8 About th¢ links between cancer and diet to 8 grcater number of peoplc. 'fhe partnership will build on the s¢ren8ths of both organisaiion5 and will 5¢¢ WCRF initifilly providin8the NIFIR Cancer and Nutriiion Collaboration with funding for Iwo years. Byjoining forces, the two or8Anisatitsn5 can b¢lt¢r support the expansion of on80ing pro￿0mMeS of research into cancer and nulriiion, as well AS ensure taT8eted health mes5&ge5 alld trninin8 TC8¢h those who need it Ihc most- in¢ludin8 Iliose in specialist ortcology ¢8re, nulritionisls. CAncer pati¢nl8 Jnd the general publiG. The parln¢rship wa5 launched in October 20214t the NCRI Festival. Adw7eftles Our survivorship ambassador Tri¢ia has continually promoted our work both nationally and internationally, for example wilh WCRf b¢ing highlighted in an online health magazine based in Toba80. Tricia ha5 also coniribuled to our publieations by providing ropy for our went Heolihy LivinK Aft¢Y c.a￿¢er booklet and being featured on the w¢l¢ome pa8e. Two of our Survivorship Ambassadors, Dave and Anjana, successfully represented WCRF by taking part in a live Q&A 5es5ion at a major can¢er.focused conf¢r¢nc¢ for health prof¢5sionals, alon8 wilh using pre•recorded foota8¢ ddressing their personal cancer exp¢rien¢es. Our health prof¢s5ional suryiyorship aMbaS￿d0r and oncology specialist dietitiart, Adele Hug, has continually supported us by leading on our monthly surv2vor5hip support group sessions, and by providing clinicAI guidance support and feedback for our cook-alon8 classes, Suryivorship initialiVe5 and publications. Enyging people wllh our elnctr prev¢nllon me58age9 Getting the me55age out Ihcre h85 never been so important. with cases of cancer on the rise every year. Our in house Cotnmunications and Engagement team play a Icad rol¢ in planning And co-ordinatin8 th¢ Conienl, designs promotion and messaging of WCRF'S aciivities. World Cancer Resrarch bund Regisiered number 2536180 Trusie¢s' rcpfyrt, Strategic report and finkncial slal¢m¢nts 30 S¢pi¢mber 2021 Medio CrtnipalghS Three Iteygoulsfor ilieyertr To delkver a sue¢os8ful. Teinvigorated einter preventlon wwareness week earnpAign Achievements: the campai8n received 1.952 pled8e signatories (against a tar8et of 2,5001, and 450 sign- ups to our ei8ht week Activ8 health programme la8ains¢ A target of I 501 that was launched a5 part of the eampai8n. We also received 240 niedia hiis. of which 22 were with national/top tier public&tions {onlin¢ and hard-￿pY). (hher results included gaining over 23.000 en8ag¢menis with our eampai8n social media cont¢nt, and 14,156 unique vi5jtors to our campaign pages on our website. 2. To promote mfirk¢t a serles of Health Informatlon resouree5 And tools Achievernents: We Carried out a paid social m¢di&'value exchan8e' campaign to promott our Men's H¢alth Guide resource {duriTrg Men's Healih Week) in retum for 5ign-ups lo our e•new51etter. This Tesulted in 763 orders Iwiih a IArget of 2001, with 45 /0 ofordeT5 also optin8 in lo email. The promotion of our Family Flgvours cookbook on SOCIRI media resulted in 4,381 ordeTS in the firsi 2 weeks of this ¢ampaign {o8ain5t a targ¢¢ of 500), Along with 5.876 ¢ng8gements on social in on¢week. This included some amplification by high profile influencers such as Chris Van Tulleken (with 83,000 Twiiier followers). 55/0 of ih05e who ord¢red (he cookbook Rlso opted in io heor more abovt our children and familie5 work. Forournew Flavour & NutTltion recipe book, we placed a f¢&tur¢ article in ihe Independent and used targeted social media marketing which T¢sulied in 2.167 orders. 600h of those OTderin8 the recip¢ book also signed. up for our Livin8 Wlth cancer e.newsletter. 3. To rAi5e Aw8r¢n¢s$ ofnew WCRTr funded r¢$eireh flndlnRI- $0 a5 to cemenl our position is bein8 al the forefront of lifestyle relaicd caiicer res¢ar¢h Aehltvemcnts: A5 well &s the promotion of Professor Ed GiovAnucci'5 D¢w brea51 and colorectal caThc¢r pr¢veNlabilily eslimAie& durin8 C.an¢er Preyenlion AwArertess Week, we also promolcd thre¢ otlier new r¢5ear¢h papers, Rchievin8 ¢. 60 mediA hits. The majority of these were on a sludy hi8hli8hting the role of alcohol and coffee in ¢wn¢¢r risk. Coverage included the Dalional UK press and int¢rnRtional broadc&si hnd led ¢0 si8nificanl spikes in web traffic lup 140Vo ¢onipared to avera8e pa8¢ views). We achieved 8 290/0 net growth in social rnedia followers; up 3,608 over the ye&r lo 50,838. Our social media impressions &lso grew by 8Q/o and our video views were up by 820h on the previous year. We &chieved 2,410 media mentions in tothl for the year. This was down 30Yty compared io the year before - largely due to a hu8e 5pik¢ in the volume of Imonthly media mentions in Oct 2019 from a story About bacon and can¢¢r (1,163 nieniion8 We fonned an internal working uroup that 8u¢cessfully devised a 5Ct of d¢s¢riptors for our new or8ani5ational Value5, artd we followed ihis up with accompanying visual assets, including a notebook for all stair with our values on the fTOrt¢. Throu8h coll8boTative work between the C¢immunicAtions and Poli¢y teams. we publicly demonstrated our support for new national measures around obesity ond jurtk food m8rkeling. Thi5 included joining oiher like.Ininded organisations by signin8 a Letter to the Editor whieh was published in The Timc5 in May 2021 and which 5UPPOrted the introduction of new Government policies to reduce obesity Rnd shift the blame awAy from indivkdua15 toward5 policy-makers. We introduced a new set of ean¢eT type infogrAphic5 for use on s￿1￿1 media and on our w¢bs11¢ to provide at.a.8IAn¢e information on cancer risk factors. Keypfirlner.¥lilps We ¢ontinue to play an active role liaising with Obesily Health Alliance throu8h for¢nigh¢ly meeting5 and are also a member of the 5eCtor-wide working group for One Can¢er Voice. New dialogues were developed during the year with key inftuen¢ers and micm-irtfluencers wiihin the cancer. nutrition and family health 5pa¢e. This most notably resuli¢d in & mix of amplification and promotion of our so¢ial content via Dr Chris Van Tulleken. Dr Sarah Jarvis anil Dr Hat.el Wallace (The Food Medic). We also worked with Sigourney Bell, found of Black in Cancer, who wrote a blo8 for u5. 16 World Cancer R¢5caTch fund Kegistercd numb¢r 2536180 TNstees' retx)rt, SlTal¢8lC ￿port and fingncial siaiemenis 30 Septem￿r 2021 Lookiii8 WCRF is producing a new Christma5 2021 digital fundraising campaign. Working with a breas¢ ¢8n¢eT survivor, Jodie, the campaign brings the Subject of di¢lary support during cancer tre&tment to life through a first person video, helpÉng to raise funds for a new Cancer & Nuirition helpline bein8 run by Guy's & St Thomas, H05Pltal. A new 'Cupboard 14ero¢s' campaign is launchin8 a5 Part of Cancer Prevention Action Week in February 2022. The campaign helps the nalion io understand Ihjt h¢althy eating for cancer pr¢venlion isn't alyout expensive. organic 'superfoods'. Instead, those everyday 51aples languishing in the back5 of cupboards are highly nulritlOU5. flexible and won't break the bank. Digilal Our Digital team Works not only wilh WCRF but also with WCRF International and ourNeiwork partners, this allows for great cohesion and consistency across our brands whilst also ensuring maximum value for money. Three keygoolifor iheyetsr.. To mlgrfite our wtbsit¢- from the Drupal 7 Content Man8g¢ment System aer05Y to Wordpr¢s5 Aehlevtment5: Our core KPI here was to complete th¢ project. The migration look a littl¢ longertocomplete th&n anticipated due lo unforeseen complications &nd wfis finally mi8rat¢d at th¢ 518rt of November 2021. 2. To Improve the usefulne35 nndablllty of eortttrtt on our websites Ach5evements., We can measure conlent findabilily and us¢fulness via on.site surveys ¢hrough our new WordPres5 web511e. Delays in compleiTrn¥ the niiyrRlion meant thai by the crtd ofthe year we had not yet been abl¢ to test iny new surveys. 3. To lrnprove do1& quAllty find engh#ernent of oyr emfill newjletler Aohl¢vem¢nts: We are now able to me&sure the open And ¢li¢k-Ihrough rates of our email campaigns and ¢ompArc the data (with Ihes¢ rates being on the rise last ye8r). We also took slep5 to clean up our einail daiabAse$, archivin8 thos¢ subscribers who didn'i en888¢ Wlth our CAmpaign5. and added 8 short aulomAted wclcome campai8n for new subscribers. irb in effort to better ¢ng&8e then) when they first sign up. 1.1 million people visil¢d the WCRF web51te be¢ween October 2020 End September 2021, a 16% inrreage on lh¢ prevLOU5 period. Over the Ifist two ye#TS, we have seen an increase irt lh¢ 4V¢Tage number of daily visitors to the WCRF website of ¢jrc& 35Vh if we cgmp?re pr¢-pand¢mic levels (Seplemb¢r 2019) to post.p&ndemi¢ (September 2021). The Digital team worked closely with the Health Infomiation team to build anddeliver eight-week health behaviour change emoil programme AS part of Caneer Prevenlion Awareness Week. with 450 people compleiin8 the Cours¢. We introduced pop.up5 acr05S the WCRF website encoura8in8 users ¢0 sign up to Amazon Smile, resulting in incr¢As¢d income for this channel by a factor of 20 lyear.on-year). Wc introdu¢ed a more focu5sed approa¢h io creaiing new content for our blog (and other 5ection5 on the site). By t8pping into topical trend5 and linking to key events, our blo85 nolic¢Ably helped to in¢r¢ase our overall web traffic. Lfmklii% During ¢arly 2022 we will be moving and reconfigurin8 the Third Exp¢rt Report 5erliOrt of the WCRF Intemalional web51te. The intention is to place it Wlthin the main body of ihe website, allowing ustr5 to see the full scope of the work that WCRF International carries oui. 'fhi5 Should also make the content more relevant a5 we move toward5 the next phase of th¢ Cancer Upd&te Project (CUP). World LBntrr R¢s¢aTch Fund Re8151eTed numb¢r 2536180 Tru5t¢¢s' r¢rM)rt, siraleBl¢ report gnd financial.ElaleinenfS 30 SLpiember 2021 Engaglng supporter5 We have all been living ill very differeni and chAllen8ing tim¢s, but our supporttr5 remain at ihe heort of evewhin8 World Cancer Research fund IWCRF) achieves, and w¢ are grateful to them for ¢oniinuing to support us and our work in these unpredictable limes. We believ¢ giving to our charity should be a great experien¢¢ and w¢ stiive for the highest Standards lo ensure our sUPPOrters are Irealed faLTly and with r¢spec¢. Th¢ pandemic had a major impact on ¢he furtdT&15ill8 environment in the UK- all mass PArticipation events were cancelled,. lo¢&1 community groups were unable to m¢¢t, and corporAte5 had most of their employee5 workin8 from home puttin￿ charity partnerships on hold. How¢v¢r. we were Able to adapl our ￿ndraIsIng efforts and ¢r¢8¢ed online and viriuol fundraising events. WCRF hH$ voluntorily subscribed to the Fundr&i5in8 R¢gulator which os5umed r¢sponsibility for re8ulating fijndraising from July 2016 and invesiigAtes and lak¢s appropriate action oil cases of public concern. We work with the Regulator, As we did wilh 115 predecessor body. th¢ fundraising Siandards Board. As competition for donations increase5. It 15 mor¢ impononi Than ever to ¢n5UTe we have a compellin8 'cas¢ for support,. Likewis¢, stewardship and the personal journey we lake with our donors ond supporterg Is moT¢ T¢levont than ever. To ¢nsure our fundrai5in8 channels are fit for purpose and arc ¢nabled to ra15e maximum amounts, we d¢cid¢d to restructure OUT t¢am during ihe year. This ¢nabled us lo embrace new wJy5 of fundraising such as di¥i(Il whi15t strengthenin8 cor¢ 8r¢as such os our runnin8 events. Monitorin8 and conlrol of our fundraisin8 ac¢ivities is vit&l to ensure that our supporneis hove 8 8reat experience and th&t all support¢rs, including vulnerable peopl¢, &r¢ treaied fairly. We hav¢ a policy ihAi outlines how we engage with vulnerable people, (which can be obiThined by coniacting u51 and OUT SUPPOrter service5 team hav¢ been troined in how to engage with vulnerable supporters. We have robust conir#ct$ in place with extemal or8gnis&¢ions to ensure &ll #pplicable law5 and codes, such as th¢ Fundraising Rc8ulator's Code of Praciicc &nd UK GDPR are followed. W¢ also expeci ihesc or8anis2tions to Yolunlarily subscrib¢ to the Fundr&i51ri8 Re8ul8lor. All recipients of mark¢¢ing moierials are scr¢ened against the Moilin8 Preference Service and Ihe Fundratsing Prefereiice Scrvice. We regularly review And upda¢¢ OUT Privacy Notice wher¢ necessary &nd this 15 available in full on our web51te. We always strive for the hi8h¢sl standards. however if our supporters or any member5 of the public are unhappy with any aspect of our Work, we en¢oura8C thcm to give feedback, and we lake any complaini or commcnt rais¢d against the Charity very 5eiiously. WCRF has 8 robust procedure for handling complaints which w8$ r¢vi¢wed in May 2020. W¢ 8im to saiisfociorily resolv¢ ¢omplainis wiihin five working days, In the event of ¢omplaints being raised to the Fundraising Regul&tor, we work with them to resolve Ihc issues r8is¢d and we learn from our 5UPPOrters to help s improve what we do. We did not re¢eive any complaints QV¢T th¢ last year. SNpporiliiR our511PPtirter -The mor¢ we ¢&n raise the more w¢ can do to achieve our vision. Robust fundrai5in8 undcrpins what we want to chieve in our grant5 and publi¢ education pro8rammes. Our income is generated from a number of fundraisin8 development ehartn¢ls 5u¢h 85 legacies, direct m?il, evenls, trusts, corporntes, gift aid And digilAI. WCRF has a small devoted and friendly Supporter Care team wh(Tr r¢5pond to enquiries and feedback from supporters, the public and health professionals every d&y. The5r remit is to build meaningful. long-¢emi relAtionships, as well a5 working c105ely to support other department5 wilh inilialives and on-80ill8 PToje¢ts. Key to our su¢c¢ss has been our focus on providing (where possible) p¢rsonalised engagement with our supporters thus building on stewardship and loyalty. This will continue to be one of our key Areas of fo¢us for the next financial y¢8r. Finally, and as always, thanks to the enormous generoslty of our sUPPOrters And the ongoing hard work of our staff and volunteers, we raised a total of £10.8 mi11son last year. This meani that we were able to invest 77Q/¢ of our iiicome into our cancer prevention research and health infom?ation programmes. To find out rnore about WCRF'S fundraisin8 activitie5 in the UK or to get involved, please visit www.wcrf- uk.OT ukifundraisin 18 World Cancer Research Fund K¢gisier¢d number 2536180 Trustees. rerK)rt, siraieBlC ￿port and financial siaitmtni 30 September 2021 Direcl Morl£elliig Our dir¢¢t marketing campaigns have gone from strength to strength in recent year5. We go directly to the publi¢ with OUT campaigns which raise awareness of our Recommendations and provÉde healthy living messa8in8 and &dvic¢ to OUT SiiPPOrters at ihe s&me time as raisin8 vital funds. Our health infomlation aim in our direct marketing campaigns is to provide the wider pllbli¢ with WCRF cancer pr¢v¢nlion infomiAiion as directly as possible, helping ihem to identify the links betwe¢n can¢er and their own individual risk. Our fundrai5in8 aijn is io of course raise funds for our cause, as well as to communieate with our ¢urr¢n¢ supporters how their money is being used. Gllts IN Wills Leaving a gift in their will is a la51ing way for a supporter lo make a difference to our work, supporters including us in their wills now provid¢ us with security for the future. Three key goolsfor Iheyeur.. To steward our supporters ¢Ar¢lully And ef(ecllvely- highllghtlng the importane¢ 4nd of intludlng a glft In thtlr will $howeAslng the dlfferen¢e il could mAke 2. To r9ise ineome 3. To admlnlsier leg4cy gifts smoothly And efficlently Key ptrformAnce Indleolor: lo raise £2m in iThcoin¢ froiii gifts in Wills, Achlevernen¢ £1.95m was delivered froin generous supporters who rnany years ago h&d the forethou8hi and 8ener051ty to include a gift in th¢ir will. Looklii% fthead We understand Ihal many of our supporters help to fund our work ill memory of a loved on¢. We love hearing our supporters stories, and understand the importance of keepiiig memories alive. Accordingly, we plAn lo introduce online Tribute Funds throu8h the Mii¢hLfJvLJd C.hAfiiable TrLt5t during 2022. This will Allow families and loved ones lo shArc their stori¢5 of Someone specittl with pi¢¢ur¢s musli, video and in writing . whil$l &lso raisins funds for WCRF. Ev¢n¢s tiiid Dl%llul Three key %oolsfui' Ike ￿ar,. To Adopt * hybdd Evenls model th8t enlblod Bupporters to stlll take PArt In challenges and tsndrAlst for our c8u$e A¢hl¢v¢m¢nts: to ensure Ihis 8oal was met we piirsued the following.. We partnered wilh IOCAI evcnis. Supporier5 were Able to lake p&rt in ev¢rtts ihat did nol require 115in8 public transport and adhcred to '50¢ially.distAnced COVID Tules,. o We encourAged supporters lo take pfirt in virtual events for us, either organised by third parties or thcm5elv¢5. o We partnered up with UKA Aihl¢li¢s and Run Britain meanTii8 atriliated runners coiild run for WCRF and raise molley for us. In the last year. ovcr 300 parti¢ipAnis opted-in for further communication5 from us. We became one of the very few chaTlty pariners for the virtual Hapalua and Honolulu racc5- two of the most popular races in the world. 2. To grow A Dlgltal bundrBlslng Income streAm thAt Is br8v¢ and Innovitlve Achlevement8'. to ensur¢ ¢his 8OAI wa5 met we pursued the following.. We adopted a test and learn approach so we could gain a better understonding of what digital products worked. As part of our Foiher's Day campaign. w¢ shared prostatt canccr stats and risk fo¢tors on social mcdia, a5 well as generol Men's health inforniation, and tested a valu¢ exchange c&mpai8n targeted at Inen in general. Our Men's Health Week Facebook ads campaign (14, .21, June) reached 66,000 people. Our Father's Day facebook ads ¢ampaign119 -21" June) r¢a¢hed 29.000 people and we received 763 Orders and 344 opi-ins. 3. To en8ur¢ oyr supporters were Ojh &'WCRF Journey, which wqs 85 personAllsed 4$ possible A¢hi¢vements' We'vc always had a very slrong supporter joum¢y in place for our runner5. In the last yeaT, we wanted to offer more so we implemented the following.. A WhatsApp group for every event so runner5 could stay in wntact 24n. o A factsheet for our runners With fitness and training tips. 19 World Canc¢r Res¢8rch I'.und Registered number 2536180 Trugtres, report, SlTSlegiC ￿Port and financial slalemcnls 30 Sepiember 2021 We changtd the layout of our Events pages to be more user-friendly. As a result, our participant retention rate soared to 85V.. Followin8 digital promotion. we had a record number ofchristllias card sales. with a 45/0 year-on-year increase in nei income. We were also the official charity for two succe55ful musi¢ streaming event5, raising £10.500. Corporalepftrliiershlps Three kry Koolslvrlheyear.. Due to the pandemic, 2020121 was a challenging yeAr to set 8oa15 for Corporatc Pat1nership5 with many business¢s having to adAP¢ to unforeseen challerÈges and, as A Te5uII. planned activities could chan8e OT be scrApp¢d overni8h¢. Wilh this in mind we identified three simple objeciiv¢s for th¢ year.. To agree a mlnlmum of thr¢¢ n¢w PArtn¢rshlp# Aehlevement5- W¢ worked with or figreed pArtner5hips with five new companies, 2. To hlt our Ineome twrget of £150,0110 Aehltvements- We 5¢¢ur¢djust over£50,000 forthe y¢ar. refl¢ctin8 the challen8es ¢hAt thi5 fundrpi5ing 5trean) faced due to ¢h¢ pandemic. 3. To secure regtrleted Income for Iwo or rnore WCRF projects Achlevementg- We 5e¢uTed T¢Stric¢ed income for three WCRF projects Keypurtllershlps Through our corporate partnerships work we ensured thre¢ ¢5s¢n¢ial projects were able to w¢iv¢ vital funds, allowing WCRF to suppori sonic of the most vulnerable 8roup5 in our society.. SCIEX raised over £18,000 towards our Life Kitchen and Junior Cook5 Club projects. Rohlig l.08lSlics raised £5,000 for our Cancer Support Group5, 31NA r4ised over £9,000 tOWArd8 our s￿Ond cookbook with Life Kltch¢n, Flavoiir & Nit¢i.Itlopt. Case.Fliidy We conlinued io develop OUT on-going partnership with SCIEX. This year we collaborated io d¢velop a cookbook filled with recipe5 by some of SCIEX'S own a5SOClWte$ from around the world. The recipes ¢hemselves were Approved by our own nulritioni$ls, IneAning every lim¢ an employee ofsc.IEX usts a recipe from the booklet they are helpin8 us achiev¢ our vision of livin8 in a world where fewer people will d¢v¢lop a preventable Cancer. LookliiR ftliethd W¢ secured new partneTShip5 with.. Fintech compony Broadrid8e Hnd Merch Tech, Ind th¢ m¢TchandÈ r¢presentaiives of The Curc. both of which are due to start in th¢ next financial yeAI. And ilie SCIEX recip¢ l)ooklet will ￿ availabl¢ online in eorly 2022. Tru.slf find F(Minrftslloiis Despite it rem&inin8 a chpll¢nging and competitive furMlrwi5ing Climate. Trusts and Foundations have generously continucd to support V5 in delivering a v&riety of new and ¢xciling projec15 thi5 ycar. We are pleased to have received support from 65 Charitable Irusls and foundations, with grants totalli1￿ circ&. £90,000. Of ihese, 25 of thejn had not funded us previously. The average 8T8nt size for the year #Iso increased marginally. Projects thatgTants from Trust5 and Foundations were awarded for included.. a serie5 ofonline cookery clas5e5 focused on tastc 8nd fl&vour for people living with cancer in EnglAnd' a research trial at The University of MaiichesteT lookin8 ai ¢he role gut bacteria play5 in bowel problems caused by radiotherapy, and private online sUPPQrt 8roup 5¢$sions for people living with ¢8n¢er. led by our oncolo8y dietician. Working duriog COVID-19 With the UK locking down in March 2020, WCRF had to slop bein8 predominantly an'in the oifice" workpl8c¢ and become a'work at home" workplace. This continued into 2021 as ihe ¥overnment advice r¢mained"work at home if you can" A skeleton staty continued to attend the office on a reduced basis to ensure certain processes w¢re maintained, alon8 Wlth the 5ecuTjty of the premi5& 20 World CancL'T Research Fund Regislcred nttmkr 2536180 'ITUSlees' T¢P)rL 5trat¢gic rewrt and financial 51alement5 30 September 2021 As restrictions lifted in Summer 2020, we encouraged staff to atteod the office and intended to have a phased retum to work through Aulumii 2020, however with further lockdowns, Ihe office would not start lo reopen properly until Summer2021 when all statywere in at least one day a we¢k. Changes togovernment advi¢¢ in November 2021 paused plans for more day5 in the office at that lime And we went back to having & skeleton staff in the office until FebruAry 2022, when oll Staff were back in one day a week a8ain. From MaKh 2022. th¢ offic¢ has been open three dttys a week with staff expected to attend a minimum of two of those days. Future PIAns- Our Theory of Ch8nge {TOC) Through our recent Thcory of Change ITOC) proce55, we understand ourselves better. w¢ ar¢ more Able to focus re$our¢es on the m05t important activities (outpulsl. Our Theory ofchange 51artcd with an oD$iie workshop in MaTch 2020, followed by online workshops and individu81 sessions. The original Theory of ch￿nge wa5 finali5ed in SepieThbeT 2020 and was launched at that tim¢ to 811 internal stakeholder5151hff, Network executives. th¢ Board, etc.) and ha5 b¢¢n further reviewed and upd8ted in S¢piember 2021. Th¢ory ofchange (TOC) Omr Vl.Iloii Whoi will the World b¢ likc when WCRF'5 work is donc? People rindei'&¢aKdandave iaklnguclio￿ to redu¢¢ Iheii. risk ofgeiiirtg£'ancer andihose Iviih cartcer ore livingwell ondlonger. Ottr Impocl l.low will th¢ world chAn¥e because ofour work? Based oiir CVniiniiiK% scienlifÉ¢ reseurch andevidence, peuple ihe UK have eqiial ¢7c¢ess io ihe lafe.tl iKfoi'iiiaiiOA lukg ucliuu if) Yeduce iheir risk ofgeiil￿g uprevenlable cau¢ev. Penple livirtg wifh ihrough cancer or¢ enabledio live healihy, happy oud longer Ilves. Whol Oiilcoiiies wlll dellver ihe InwMclP An Oulcome de5cribe5 th¢ change that will result from a group of Ouiputs and will directly contribute tOW&Td$ delivering the Impact. WCRf d¥liver5 Ils iinpact these way$'. A s'fRONG NE'fwoRK PAR'fNF.R.. W¢ Nre an Active and en8ag¢d m¢mbeT of the WCRF Internation81 Network. ¢nsuring our mutual continued success #nd ¥rO￿h A STRONG IDLNI'ITY.. W¢ ore the UK voice on nu¢rilion and lifestyle r¢s¢d￿h and recommendations for CAncer prevention and survivol AN INFORMb.D PIIBI,IC.' We h¢lp more people realise that it is never too early or too late to mBk¢ simpl¢ everyday lifestylc ch&n8¢S, that fewer pcople get pr¢ventable cancers A DF.VELOPING ORGANISATION.. We Inodel best prAclice itl 8overnance and leadership, supported by staff einpowerment THK LA-fEST RESEARCH.. W¢ fund and champion tho18le¥t and mosl auihoritalive scientific research from around the world on ¢&n¢er prevention survival through diet, Wtl8ht and physical activity, and other emergin¥ areas WIDELY USED HEALTH INFORMATION.. We provide widely used infomiltion, guides. tools and pro8Tamm¢s for the general public, he<h professioiials, 5UPPOrters, Cancer survivors, schools 4nd familie5 alik¢ ENGAGED SUPPORTF.RS AND PARTNERS.. We will direct our en¢r8i¢5 ¢0 ensure our supporters and stak¢holders are en8aged irt I dynami¢ two.way relationship Norrnll Research show5 that around 40/0 of cancer5 cali be prevented, And World Cancer Research Fund InternBtionJl exists in order that we ¢an live in a world where f¢wer people are gelling preventable cancers. In the UK, WCRF enable5 cutting-edge scientific research that increases our undcr51anding ofthe relationsliip between the prevention #lld survival of cancer and havin8 a healthy lifestyle lin arcas such as diel, weight and activity). WCRF fund5 some of th¢ research ilself and through its worldwide rtttwork and collaborates with other8 working in th¢ field. WCRF Intemalional analyses all the laiest research findings and translaies thi5 Into evidence-based practic81 tools and health infom)ation. WCRF Promote5 these 50 that people in the UK can make fijlly infomitd lifestyle chotC¢5 to reduce their cancer Tisk. We also offer health information to 5UPPOrt people living with cancer. 21 World LBnc¢r Re5¢arch fund k¢gist¢r¢d numkr 2536180 Trus*cs' report, SlrBlt8lC ￿POrt and financial siaiemcnis 30 S¢pl¢mber 2021 WCRF supports health profes5iona15 a5 they work to edueote And 5UPPOrt those at risk of, Or living with, preventable cancers. We ¢ollaboraie with partner organisations and advocate5 to help influence the types of r¢search being und¢rtak¢n, and ¢0 provide a safe space for ¢an¢er survivors to tell th¢ir stories. WCRF aspires to be re¢ogni5ed as a leader in the UK in the areas of ￿ncer prevention, health policy, behaviour hange and cAmpai8lllll8. We want to increasingly play an important part in influencing nation81, regional and local cancer prevention awaren¢5s and policies and in 5UPPOrting international initiatives that benefit the UK. To commi55ion r¢5¢ar¢h. and to providethe h¢alih information me5Sa8es and programme& requires fvndin8. We WOTk with ¢orporale and trust fvnder5. and rely on the generosity of individuals and groups, all of whom share our vision of a world in which fewer peopl¢ are getting preventable cancers. WCRF need5 to ensure that we deliver the 8reate5t impact and very best value for our supporters, the general public. heAlih professionals, funders, colloborators. research grant holders and othcr audien¢e$. Therefore. WCRF is eornmirted lo modelling best practice in 8ov¢rnanc¢ and leadership. Teco8ni$ing the value of OUT staff and OUT rol¢ as part of a worldwide network, and makirt8 the best Use of the resources we have available, to fulfil our vision of a world in which fewer people are 8etlin8 PTev¢nlable cancers. Sirnleglc Plans Bosed ONr Theory of Chthmge.. A simple Evaluatioll and Monitoring fr&mework has be¢n developed, and ¢hi5 WLII b¢ reviewed in Ihe future. Essentially, 'su¢c¢ss' is defined for each 5188¢ of the projeci in quantifiabl¢ t¢rms,' Ihis is reviewed at ¢ach project sla8e boundary and at the close of a project, Work has been completed to draw out VAfiou5 $trAte8ie$ ¢0 5UPPOrt the 804ls in the Theory of Chan8¢. I'h¢ below correspondin8 SlrAt¢8i¢s have been written: Fundraisin8 Strategy - Includin8 an updgtcd Cose for Support 14ealili Infomaiion Siratemy Communications Sirate8y- Audience Journ¢y Modelling Stifite8y Data Strategy OrganisAtional Values In gummAry The world continued to be a confusin8 pla¢e foT ¢veryone around the globe Ihis year, but WCRF experienced #noiher ye4r of 5t¢ady progress, We funded mor¢ research than ever, ctsmpleled our Theory of C.hlln8c and our undcrlyiiig slra¢e8ic plans, kept & souThd bol¢om line, spread the Word ever further regardin8 our kcy m¢ss&ges, And worked together with WCRF Internotional to ensure our life chan8in8 informAlion reachcd more people. We thank our staff 4nd our supporters ftsr their tremendous dedication and tlexibility, and look forward to aehievinB more successes next year. 22 World C8mcLr ResL'arch Registerld nurnbcr 2536180 Trusiees. rport, SIr￿¢81¢ T¢￿rt and finartcial stttlements 30 Septrmkr 2021 FINANCIAL INFORMATION M•DAgemtttt of rlsk The Trusiee5 have &pproved, implemented and regularly reviewed WCRf's risk managen)eni plan. which is operated by staff on a day-to-day basis. Senior staff, heads of departmenl and Trustees work tO8eiher to revise the risk mAna8em¢nt plan annually, identifying emerging risks. priorilL5ing them in temis of pot¢ntial kmpa¢t and likelihood of occurrence. The risk marEagem¢nt plBn covers governan¢e, financial, operational. IT. and other risks. Intemal control procedures re in place lo provide assurance a8ainst identified risk5 in order to uphold the inte8Tity and r¢putalion of the charity. These include.. a 3-year Strhtegic Plan reviewed periodically through the yeAr annual op¢rational plans and bud8ets which are approved by (he Tru51ce5'. re8ular review by the Trustees of finoncial result5. varian¢¢ from budgeis and financial targets; risk m&nAgement. 5¢gr¢galion of duties, policies and procedures. Additionally, TTUStees are kept up" to-da¢¢ with any changes in 8ov¢rnance requirements to ensuT¢ they are fully informed of b¢$1 practice. During the financial y¢ar. w¢ identified the potential impact of economic recessÉon as a major risk to WCRF. As result, we reviewed our annual budget comp8r¢d to octual performanc¢. strategic plans and the r¢5¢rv¢s policy during the year to en5UTe we can maintain our res¢8r¢h funding projects over a long.lcrm period. Promp¢ finAn¢ial reporting procedur¢s were followed in order lo respond to shifts in th¢ ¢conomi¢ environm¢nt. Th¢ COVID.19 pandemic continued and presented additional risks for WCRF in 202012021, particularly as the ¢haTity is almo$i entir¢ly r¢li8nt on voluntary giving for in¢om¢ generation. WC.Rf began financi&l year 202012021 with a heRlthy reserve balance and ¢urr¢ntly hos a stron8 cash position. Fortunately. our programmes Are meant to en8ag¢ supporters and encourage dono¢ions to WCRF. The slaius of COVID-19 1$ ever Chan￿1n¥ and the added ¢¢onomic pressure of inflation had made monitoring cashflow and income ¢v¢r more e$sential. Th¢ PTo¢edures and poli¢ies listed above will remain in plaee with a heighiened sense of awarenes5 that chan8es in revenu¢ may Affect c&shflow. FlnanelAI Revltw Ineome Tolal inconie in 202012021 increased by £1,947,562 to £10,813,22512Q2Q.. £5,805.0031. Le8acies were £1,995,406 (2020.. £1,467,54Q) on increase of £526,866. £6,002,053 (2Q2O. £4,590,675). Donation5 from individuAI donors increa5¢d by £1,405,378 10 Investment income consists solely of irtl¢r¢5t earned on clsh held in interest.bearin8 gccounts. Trgding aciivitiei, if any, represent revenue produ¢ed by WCRF'S wholly owned subsidiary. WCRF (Trading) Ltd. Revenue 15 raised from the rental of WCRF'S donor lists and Chri51m8s ¢ard sales. The company did noi tTAde during the year. Exp¢ndlture In finartcial year 202012021, total expenditures increAsed by £1,941,220 to £10,755,132 (2n20.. £8,813,9J2). Expenditure on raising funds increased by £165,167 to £2,480,044 (2020.. £2,314,877). Charitable expenditure on research increased by £1,453,141 to £4,044.784 {2fj2n.. £2,591,043). Charitable expenditure on information and education increased by £322,912 to £4,230,304 {2020.' £3.907,392). Net Ineome Net movem¢DI in funds in 202012021 was a sutylu5 of £57.349, an increase of £l1,78712020.. £45,562). 23 WoTld Lancer Research Fund K¢gisler¢d numb¢r 2536180 Trus*es' report, Slr&ie8ic r¢port and financidl stalctnenls 30 S¢pt¢mkr 2021 Investment Pollty The poltey was developed io assist WCRF to effectively sup¢rvis¢ and monitor Its investments and ochieve the highest return on investments withirh an a￿¢pIable level of risk utilizing a sound investment strategy. The principal Tea50n for holding invesiments isto provide funds in case of un¢xpected Shortfalls Èn fundraising income and to ensure research, educational pro8rammes and operaiional expenditures are not subje¢t to short.tem) cuts to the detriment of the long-temi vision. Investments are mana8ed prudently And in full compliance with &ll policies. applicable laws and regulations and must r¢fl¢¢t the philosophy and objectives of the Cliarity, Any investments held by WCRF are acquir¢d in accordance with pow¢rs available to ihe trust¢es or by way of Ic8aey. The trustees allow excess cash balances to be inve51¢d in UK 'fr¢asury Gilts and 8ov¢rnment insured corporate bonds to maximize inv¢5tmeni relum5, whil¢ maintaining minimal inv¢stmeThl risk. Currently* WCRF has no investment8. R¢wrY¢y WCRF is a dynami¢ organisation relyin8 almost entirely on voluntary giving. We need to holil ￿dequate reserves to react both to chall¢nging economic shortfalls ond unexpected opportunities io fund r¢s¢4￿h and support the educational programmes. A review of the policy and re5erve$ is conducied each year by the trustees lo ensur¢ adequate reserve5 ar¢ maintoined based on th¢ annual budget and aclual r¢sults. The Trustees may from time io lime spend reserve5 on addilionAI pro8ramm¢ activitie5 based on Ihe rese￿¢ policy having been met or exceeded. In th¢ inter¢st of pruderkt nianHg¢iiient, WCRF aims to maintain a minimum rese￿¢ At one half th¢ total annual expenditures. By holding a re8erye, WCRF would be able to coniinue 115 work during periods ofr¢duced income that may result frorn an ¢¢onomic downturn or a rec¢ssion. WCRI will maintain its free reserves (fre¢ Teserves include investments, d¢btors and cash in the bank less Credilorsl by providing a go&1 in the annu&l bud¥et. A$ of 30 September 2021, unr¢5tricted reserves in¢rea5¢d by £162.037 to £6,454.849 (2020.. £6,292,812). Free resetves at 30 Sepiernber 2021 are £5,961,378 {2Q20.. £5, 752,002), This equales to 7 months of the ¢urrent yea￿8 expenditure (2020.. 8 months). In September 2021, the Board of TnJ5tees approved ihe budg¢t foT financial year 202112022 which included a 5VTpIus of £138.355 thjl will increase total fr¢¢ reseryes 10 £6,099.733. The minimum reserve t8T¥et of 6 month5 of ih¢ bud8Ct year'5 expenditure equates to approximaitly £5 million. WCRF UK'S 80&1 of a minimum of 6 Inonih5 of expenditures in reserve can bc me¢ by monitorin8 expEnses if revenue lar8et5 fall short. As of 30 ScptembeT 2021. tot81 reserves were £6,514,223 {2020.' £6,456,874). Goln¥ Concern The financial staternents have been prepared on a going concern bisss. Th¢ financial position of WCRF, its surplus forthe year and ¢8sh flows are Set out And demonstrate the overall net ¢ash PDSltiort of WCRF and ils reserves p0511ion. The Trustees believe thAt WCRF 1$ well placed (o mana8¢ the business risk5 successfully. WCR Tr was not adversely impacted by COVID-19 in year 202012021. I4ow¢ver, man&8emEnt Is monitoring current fuiidrai5ing aciivitie& programme SPEndirt8, Staff needs and makin8 adjustments as n¢ces5ary. In addition, the financial forecast for the 202112022 financial year and budget plannin8 for the year 202212023 take into consideration the p05sibi12ty of declinin8 revenues due 10 inflation an(Vor economic turndown. The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company ha5 adequate resource5 to continue in operational existence for the fore5¢¢able future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the 80in8 ¢oncem basis in prcparing the annual report Bnd a￿o￿nIS. 24 World Ctsnccr Rcsc4Tcli fund Rcgisicred number 2S36180 'I'rust¢¢5' rcwjrt. sir&i¢gi¢ r¢wrl Rnd finATi¢ial siaiemen15 30 S¢pl¢nibEf 2021 In summlry Despite wiiiinued unc¢rtAin ecoThomi¢ conditions and a Blobfil pandemi¢, WCRF experienccd another yeor of ste&dy proBr¢s$. WCRf will Continue to 51rive to Inaxiniize fitndrhising opporiunilies. monitor expenditures &nd fund our vital work in cancer research to benefit the publi¢. Dlitlosure ofinformatlon to Audltor The Trustecs who held offi¢¢ at Iho dAte of ipproval of Ihis Truglees, Report confimi that so far &s th¢y 4r¢ awa￿, there 18 no T¢l¢vanl audit Information of which WCRF'S auditor Is unaware, and ettch Th451ee h&s takeii ill steps th41 ought to hJv¢ been IAken Us Truste¢ to make Ih¢mJelves aware of any r¢levant audit information And io esiiblish that the Auditor 1$ #Wa￿ of ihat informalion. Pursuani lo se¢lion 487 of th¢ Companies A¢t 2006, the fiuditOT8 will be deem¢d lo be reappoinled and RSM UK Audit LLP will therefore Coniinue in office. The BooTd approves the Tru51¢u' report and Sir&t¢gic Report in lis ¢apRcity as company dlredors, si8n¢d on lis b¢half by Allson Sln¢lalr Tru$t¢e 14 June 2022 140 Penlonvllle Road London NI 9FW 25 World CBncer R¢s¢arch fund Re¥isicrcd number 2536180 Trusl¢cs' rewrt. slra*gi£ retx)rt and fitwicial ￿tateMentS 30 Seplem￿r 2021 Statement of responsibilities of the Trustees of World Cancer Research Fund The Tru5tee5 (who are also directOTS of World Cancer ReseArch Fund forthe purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trusiee5' Annual R¢port and financial &tatement5 in a￿OrdanCe with applicable law and united Kin8dom Accounting Standard5 (UDlted Kingdom Gerterally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requireg lh¢ Trustees to prepare finan¢ial statements for e&¢h financial year which give a true and fair view ofihe slate of affairs of the ¢haritAble conipany and the group and of th¢ tn¢oming resource5 And Thpplication of resourees, including the incomc and expenditure of the ch&ritable group for Ih&t period. In preparing these financial slakments, the Irustees are r¢quired to.. seleet 5ULtabl¢ accounting policies End Ih¢n apply them consistently observe the meth¢)ds And prin¢iple5 in the Charities SORP: m8kejud8em¢n¢s and estim&tes that Are r¢?sonable and prudeni; State whether applicAble UK A￿OUntIng Standard5 have been followed, subjeet to any material depAnures disclosed and explain¢d in the financial 5tatem¢nls', and prepare the financi&l statements OD Ihe going Concern ba515 unless it is inappropriate to pr¢5ume that ihe 8roup and the charitable company will continue 115 aclivities. The ITU5tee5 are Tesponsible for keepin8 prnp¢r accounting r￿ordS that disclose with reAsonible accuracy ht any lime th¢ financial position olihe charitable ¢oinpany and enable thern lo ensure Ihat the rtnan¢ial slalements comply with the Companie5 Ac(2006. They are &lso responsibl¢ for safcuuarding (he as5¢15 ofthe charitable company and the group And hcnee for laking reAsonable step5 for the prevention and detcction of fraud ond oihcr irre8Lilarilie5. The Trust¢e5 are responsible for the mgintenance and integrity of the ¢OTPOTate and finanei&l infomiation included on th¢ ¢h8ritable company's web51t¢. Legislation in the IIK governing the preparation And dissemination of financial statements Inay diff¢r from legislation in otherjurisdi¢tion$. 26 Independent auditor's report to the members of World Cancer Research Fund OplnSon W¢ have audited the financial statements of World Cancer R¢s¢ar¢h Fund {the 'charitable company,) for the year ended 30 September 2021 which comprise the SIAtemeni of Financial activities. Slalemeni of financial p05ltion. Statein¢nt of cash flow5 and rhotes to the financial statements, includin8 si8nificani accounting policEe5. The fin&ncig1 r¢w>rting framework Iliat has b¢¢n applied in iheir preparation is applicable law and Urtited Kingdom A¢counltn8 Standards, including FRS 102 ' I'he l.in&n¢i81 Reporting Standard applicable in the UK And Republic of Ireland" (United Kingdom Generally Acc¢pt¢d Accouniing Practice). In our opinion th¢ finan¢iol staiemenis.. 8ive a true and fair view of ihe state of th¢ ¢haritable company's affair5 as at 30 September 2021 and of its in¢oming resources and Application of resources, including its income and expendiiure, for ihe year then ended., have been properly prepared in ac¢ordAnce with United Kin8dom Generally Accepted Aecountirt8 Practice; and hav¢ been prepared in accordBn¢e with the requirements of th¢ Companie5 Act 2006. Basli for oplnlon We conducted our audit in accordance with InlernAtion&l StAndkrd5 on Audi¢ing IUKI {ISAs {UK)l And &pplicable law. Our responsibiliiies under th05¥ Standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilitie5 for the audit of the financial slAlcments section of our report. We are independent of the ¢hAritAble company in accordance with the elhieal requiremenls th8t are relevant to our audit of the financial Stateinents in ihe UK, including ihe FRC'S EihicAI Stand4rd and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in Accordan¢e wilh these requirements. We believe th4¢ the audit evidenee wc hav¢ obtained is sutricient and #ppropriatc to PTovid¢ a b&sis for our opinion. Contlu8lonJ relatlng to golng concern In auditing the finan¢ial Statements, we have conclud¢d that the trustees, use of the goin8 ¢oll¢¢Tn basis of Accounting in the preparation of the finoncial 51alenients is appropriate. Based on the work we have perforn?ed, we have not identified any m8teri&l uncertainties relating to event5 or ¢ondilions that, individually or ¢ollectively, may cast 518nificant doubl on the charitable company's ability to continue as a goin8 concern for & period of at least twelve monihs from when the financial slatem¢nt5 are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and Ihe responsibilities of th¢ trustees with respect to 80in8 concern gre des¢ribed in the relevAnt 5ectiorhs of this report. Other infoTm8tion The other infgmiation ¢omprises IhE inforniation in¢luded in the Trustees, report other than the financial stattments and our auditor's report iher¢on. The tnjstees ore responsible for the other infom)ation contained within the Truste¢5' report. Ouropinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, txcept tothe cxtent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not expres5 any form of assurance ¢onclu5ion thereon. Our responsibility 15 to read the other information and, in doing so, Consider whether the other infomation is mateTially inconsistent with th¢ financial statements or OUT knowledge obtained in the course of ihe audit or otherwise appear5 to be mat¢rially misstated. If we identify such material inconsi5tencie5 or apparent material missiatements, we ar¢ Tequired to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstat¢meni in ihe financial statements ihem5elv¢5. If, ba5¢d on the work we have perfonned, we Conclude that there 15 a material misslatement of this other information, we are required to report that fa¢t. 27 World Cancer R¢s¢ar¢h Fund Re81sl¢r¢d nuinkr 2536180 Trusttes, TeFK)rt. Slr&i¢gic TeFrf)rt and financial siaicmenis 30 8epl¢mbcr 2021 We have nothin8 to r¢port in this regard. Opinions OD otber Matters prescribed by th¢ Companles Aet 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit.. the information given in the Trust¢¢s' R¢port. whieh includes the Directors. Report and the Strategi¢ Report pr¢pared for ihe purp05e5 of company law, for the fJnan¢ial year for which the financial statements &re prepared is consistent with the finoncial statements; and the Directors. Report and the Strate8ic Report included within the Trustees. Report h&ve been pr¢paTed in accordan¢¢ with applicable legal reqviremenls. Matters on whlch we *r¢ requlreil to rnport by exc¢ption In the light of the knowledge and understanding of ihe charitabl¢ company and its envirortmejit obtained in the course ofthe audit. we h&v¢ not identified material misstgt¢m¢nts in ihe Dircctors, Report or the Strategic Report included within the Trusle¢5' Report. We have nothitbg to report in respeci of the following mHtt¢rs where the Compani¢s Act 2006 requires u5 to report ¢0 you if, in our opinion.. adequole accountin8 r¢¢ords have not been kept. OT r¢¢urns fidequaie for our Audit have not been received from branches not vÈsit¢d by us: or ¢h¢ financial staiemenls ar¢ no¢ in agreement with the a¢¢ountin8 records and retum8' or certain disclosur¢5 of trustees. remuneration 5p¢cified by law are rtoi mDde,' or w¢ hive received all the inforniation and explan&iions we r¢quire for our audit. Reiponslbllltles of trusteej As explained mor¢ fvlly in the Statement of Truslees, responsibilities ￿1 ou¢ on page 26 Ihe trustees (who 4r¢ 4150 the directors of the chariioble comp#ny for the purposes of Company law) are responsible for the preparation of the fEn&n¢ial stalemenls and for being satisfied thAt they 8ive a Iruc and fair view, and for such internal ¢onirol as the trnstees deierrnine is nc¢essary to enable the preparation of finarkcilll statements that are free from nial¢rial mi55tatement. whether due lo fvaud OT error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessin8 the ¢harilRble company's ability lo corttinu¢ as 8 80ing concern. di5cIosin8, &s appliL&ble, matter5 relaled ¢0 going coneern aiid using th¢ going ￿ncern bpsis of a¢￿untIng unles5 the trustees either intend to liquidgte the charitable company OT to cease operations, or have no Tealistic alternative but lo do $0. Audltor's r#pon51bllltl¢J for the Audlt of the flngnelal $tAtementJ Our objcetives are to obtain reftsonable assuranc¢ about whether the fJnan¢ial statements os a whole ar¢ fr¢¢ from n)aterial mi5slat¢menl, wheiher due to fraud or error, and to 155ue 8n auditor's report ihat ineludes our opinion. R￿SOnable a5$ufAnce 15 a high level of assurAnce, but is Iiol a 8U8r8ntee ihat an audit conducted in a¢cordAnce with ISAS (UK) will alway5 detect a maleriol misstatement when it ¢xi$ls. Misstatcments can aris¢ from fraud or error and are wnsidered material if, individually or in the a88Tegate, thEy could r¢a$onably be expected to influ¢n¢¢ the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statem¢nts. The extent to whleh the audll wa$ consldered eapable of de*e¢tlng Irregularitlts. Including fraud Irregul8riti¢5 are instance5 of non-¢omplian¢e with law5 and re8ulations. The objectives of our audit are to obtain suificient appropriate audit evidcncc regarding compliance with laws and regulaiions that have a dire¢l effect on the delerniination of material amounts and disclosurts in the financial slAtement5, to perform audit procedures to help identify in5tance5 of non-¢omplianre witli other law5 and regulAlion5 that may hav¢ a material effect on the finan¢io1 slateiments. and to respond appropriately to identifjed or suspected non-complian¢¢ with laws and re8ula¢ions identified during the audit. In relation ¢0 fraud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and asse55 the Tj5k of material misstatement of the financial statemen15 due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the as5ess¢d risks of material mss5tatemen¢ due to fraud through designing and i¥npleJncnting appropriate re5pons¢s and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identifitd durin8 th¢ audit. 28 World Cancer Rcsewch Fund Regislercd number 2536180 Trustees, r¢pDrt, 5tr4t¢gic TeFrf)rt and financial siaiemettis 30 5¢pl¢mbei 2021 However. it is the primary responsibility of managemeni, with the oversight of those chhrged with governance. to ensure ihat the entity'5 operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and r¢gulaiions and for Ihe prevention and detection of fraud. ln identifying and asse5sin8 risks of material missthtement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, th¢ audil engagement team.. obtained An understanding of ihe nature of th¢ s¢ctor, including the le8al alld regulatory frameworks that the charitable Company operates in and how the ¢haritable company is complying with the le8al and re8ulatory fram¢works', inquired ofmarta8emenl, and those charged with 8overn&n¢e, about iheir own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, includin8 any known actual, suspected or yll¢ged instances of fraud,. discussed niatt¢rs aboui non.compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud mighi occur ineludirk8 ossessment of how and wher¢ the financial sthtements may be susceptible to fraud. Ag A re5uIi of thes¢ P￿edureS we con5Eder th¢ most significant laws and re8ulations IhAi have R direct impa¢t on the finan¢iAI siaiements &re FRS 102, Chariiies SORP IFRS 102), Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011, Ihe ¢haritable ¢ompAny's governin8 document, tax legi51aiion and Charitics {Proieciion and Social Inv¢stmentl Aci 2016. We performed oudil procedures to del￿¢ non-compliances which may hav¢ a material impact on the fin8n¢ial siatements which included reviewin8 th¢ fjnancial sioicments including th¢ Truslees, Report. rem&inin8 alert lo new or unusuAI trAnsacitons which may not be in ACCOTdance with the goveming documen15 and evaluolin8 adviee received from int¢rn818dvisors. The most significani IAWS and reglllations that have an indirect impa¢l on the finaneittl statements 8r¢ those in rclation to the General DAIA Protection Regulations. We performed audit procedures to inquir¢ of manag¢men( whether ihe ¢hArit&ble compttny is in ¢omplian¢e with these law and regulations. Th¢ audit engagement team id¢ntified the risk of mana8enient override of c¢)nirols is th¢ aT¢a where the financial statements w¢r¢ most 8uscepliblc lo material mi5Statemeni due io fraud. Audi¢ procedures performed included bu¢ wert not limited to lesiing manuAI jourii81 entries and oiher adjustnient$, evhluaiing the bu5inc5s rHlionalc in relaiion to 518nificant. unusual irthnsactions and trAn5aCtions entered into ou¢5idethe nomial course of bu5in¢ss and Challenging judgments and estiinates. A furth¢T description of our responsibilities for the audit of th¢ financial 5tatement8 is loe#ted on the Financial Reporting Council's web51te &¢ .frc.or ukl 'rhis d¢s¢riplÉon fomis part of our auditor's report. U#t of our report This report Is mid¢ solely lo the charitybl¢ company's members. ag a body, in accordance with Chllpi¢r 3 of Part 16 ofihe Companies Act 2006. Our audil work has been undertaken 50 that we might $tAie to the charitable company's rnembers those matters we are r¢quired to state io ihejn in an auditor's report And for no other PUnX)se. 1.0 the fullest extent penmitled by 18w, we do not aceepi or assume responsibility to anyonc other Ih&n the charitable company and the charitabl¢ ¢ompany's memb¢r5 a5 a body, for our thudit work, for ihis repon, or for the opinions we have fomied. LLP NICHOLAS SLADDEN (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of RSM UK AUDIT LLP, Statutory Auditor Chartcrcd Accountants 25 Farrin8don SIT¢et London EC4A 4AB Dole 22 June 2022 29 World Canecr Research l.und R¢gisicrcd numbeT 2536180 I'tuste¢s' r¢pon, strategic report and financi&l Slalemenls 30 Scpltinber 2021 Statement of Financial AetlVRties (incorporating income and expenditure account) for iheyear eMded30 SepleNiber2112J U￿r¢￿triCt¢d Re8trftttd Total funds 2021 Total Toi8] funds 2020 TotaI 2021 2021 Total Incomt tndDwryn¢ntJ frorn: D(In&tion$,I¢￿elc5. 15 gmd other in¢ome Inv¢sim¢nt income 10,778,251 1,779 J3.195 1001 I,446 .779 ,853,423 12,240 TotAI In¢omt 10,78Q,D30 33,19.1 JO,813,225 ,865.663 Expenditu￿ on: Raisin8 funds Ch8rilablc a￿1ville3 2,41O,IM4 8,137,205 2,480,1144 ,271,088 2,314.877 6,49Y,035 J37,883 I'otAI exptndltMr¢ 10,617,249 137,883 10,711,132 8.813,912 Net lts$y¥$ on INKJtment Cllrttn¢y lo {744) 17441 {6.1891 Ntt Infome And net mo%rmrxt In 162,037 {104,6881 57J49 45,562 Fund b￿anLeY brouthi forword l Oaober 2020 6,292,811 J64.062 6.456,874 6,4ll,312 balhnces c4rrled forwArd #t 30 Septembtr 2021 21 6,454,849 6J14.223 6.456,¥74 WCRF h&% no recoBrti5¢d 8ain5 or105ses olhcr than ihe movem¢nl orrunds in ihe year. 'lTh¢ note5 on ￿eS 33 of 46 fgttn part of thcse fin￿1clU1 sislemenis, 30 World Cancer R¢￿a￿h l.und R¢8I51Cr￿ nilm￿tr 2536180 TIw51¢es' rew)rt, slralcgic tew)rt and fin￿¢181 si8iemtnis 30 Stpi¢jn￿l 2021 Balance sheet 130 SeNember 2021 2021 2020 Flxed 41•oti: '1'onlble lTrvt8im¢nl$ 10 493,471 J40,7JO Toial n%¢d as$ei8 493,471 340,7JO Cyrr¢nl A•l•11: Dtbtor8 C￿h èt b*nk In hAnd 12 2,1.19,087 7.996,390 1.908.691 6.734,682 '1'th81 ¢urr¢nl As8C¢I I￿1￿1,477 ,643,373 IJAbJll¢i¢4: Lrrdilor8'. arnounii f•llln8due ivlihln one y 11,760.4941 11,494.178) 8 394 983 7 149 193 Nt¢ cllrr¢ni oJ%cl8 'I'oiAI u$¢t8 lesj turrtrti 114b115ilcs ,888,454 7.689,94J Cr•dlloi•: amounis falllnAduq Lfler on¢ y¢ Tot•1 n¢t Ai*•t* Il JO S¢pl•bxbor 14 11.374,2311 6.114,213 ,233,071 6,4J6,B74 'hi funth of Iht ¢hirliy: Uhr*i¢rl¢t¢rJ fundi n*Jlrl¢fed 'rotAI 6,454049 .19,374 6,414,223 6,292.812 164,062 6.4J6,874 The flnan¢iAI slaienwni$ vn pages 301046 iwre pr¢par¢d in accord8n¢c iyiih the ssx¢lil provision appllcjble lo compthl¢s 5ubJ¢cl 10 Ihe 51nall tompArtl¢s' re8im¢ and undct Ihls excmption a $lrHIc8lC Teix)ri 1$ Iiot r¢quir¢d. I'h¢5e fbiian¢ial ¥l&lcmenls were pproved by ihc tjonrd ofTruslces on 14 June 2022 &nd ￿￿re 518ned on lis Echalf by.. ri￿¢ee 31 World CaneLt Rc5L'arch Fund Rcgisiered numkr 2536180 TttsSl¢¢s' T¢Wrt, sITalegic repon and financial siaiemenls JO Sepltlliber 2021 Statement of Cash Flows For iheye4r eiid¢d30SeNettiber202J .2021 2020 Ci$h I]0￿5 from 0￿￿tIng gttl%lll¢$: Nei t45h pr0Tr7ded by opernllng aellTratleJ 1,305OIQ 1301,6271 Cash flowi from Invesilnl ictlililes: l)ividends and inlercsi Irom inv¢5tments pu￿h￿¢ ofLquipmunl 1,779 145,0811 12.240 159,9441 Net rash pro￿d¢d ty lu$ed In) InTrtJtlng adl%llle$ 143,302 147,7U41 Chgn8¢ In c*$h #nd c15h equl*xlent8 In the r¢portlng ptrlod Cash ind ea$h ¢4ulvAltnl& •1 the Frtilnnlng of the Tr￿rtIng Ptrlod 1,261,708 6,734h82 1349,3311 7.084,013 C•sh ind ¢1$th tqulviltntj At the Ind of Ihe r¢wrtlnK perlod 7,990 J90 6,714,682 R¢¢on¢S1S*tlon of nei expEndllur¢ to Det Cash Ilow from 0￿rAtIng H£*I￿lieS N¢Y ¢wcndilurc for ihc r¢portin8 period D¢p¢￿']￿l10n Ch￿￿5 l)ividcnd5 and inleresl from inYeslm¢nls IlncrL&scl in dcbiors IIicfc&se in crLxlilors 57J49 92J60 11,7791 125OJ961 1,407,476 ,30S.010 45,562 85,201 112,2401 1729,4431 309,293 IJOl,6271 Ntt ¢Ayh pro￿ded by optrntlrb% A¢ildtlei 32 World Canc¢r Ke4¢arch l.-uad Registe￿d number 2536180 Tru51¢e5' repon, siraiegic Tewrt and financial Sta￿me￿I5 30 ScpttmtL'r 2021 Notes to the financial statements World Cancer Research Fund I"WCRf") is a charitable company limited by guAranlee, and incorporated in F.ngland and Wales, Charity registration niimber 1000739. Company regisiralion number 2536180. The regisiered office 15 140 P¢ntonville Road, London, N19FW. Accounting pollcleg Th¢ following ac¢ouniin8 policies h8v¢ been applied consi5tenily in dealing with items which are considered material in r¢l&lion ¢0 the financial si8t¢ments of WCRF. ofprepaMIIo The financial statwn¢nls have been prepared under the hi$lori¢al c051 accounting convention in aceordancc with the Statement of Recommended t¥actice.' A¢¢ounting And Reportin8 by Charities IChaTLties SORP se¢ond edition effcctive l Joiiuary 2019 IFRS 1021) and the Financial Reportin8 Standard 102 applicable in Ihe Uniled Kingdom and Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Chariiies Act 2011 and UK Generally Accept¢d Practi¢¢ as il Applies from I J4nuAry 2019. Goli18 comcern The finAnciAI 5t*temenls have been prepHred on p going concem basi5. The financial position of WCRF, it5 surplus fortheyear and ¢ash flows Are set out and d¢inonstrAte ihe overall n¢t cash position of WCRF and it5 reserves position. The Trugtees beli¢Yc that WCRF is well placed to manaye the bu$ine5s risks successfully. WCRF was noi adversely imp4c¢¢d by COVID.19 in y¢ar 202012021. klowever, management is monitoriny CUTr¢nt fundraising Actlvllies, programme spendin8. Staff needs and makin8 adju51ments as necessary. In Addition, th¢ financiAI foreca51 for th¢ 202112022 financial year and budget plannin8 for ihe year 202212023 t&k¢ into consideraiion the possibility of deelininy revenues due lo inflation an(Vor e¢onomi¢ tumdown. The Trust¢es have A reasonable expeclaliun that the charilable company ha5 adequat¢ resouKes to conlinue in operational existenv for the foreseeable fvture. Ac¢ordingly, they continue to adopt the goin8 concern basi$ in p￿parlI18 the annual repot1 and accounis. CompfjMy,¥lalMS WCRF is a company limited by 8uaraThlee and the Trustee5 kre named on page 3. In the event of WCRF beinB wound up. the liability in re5PeCt of the guarantee i$ limited to £1 per foundin8 member. FiindficcoMiIIIMK Unr¢slricted funds Are funds which aTe available for use 8t the diKretion of the Tnjslees in furtheranee of the 8ener#l objectives of WCRF and which have not been designated for any other purp05¢. Re¥lri¢led fund5 consist of grants or donations rnade for specific re5carch and education projects. liicon Donalions Donations are included in full in the SOFA when WCRF is entitled to the donation, its receipt if probable and the amount is measurable wilh sutTi¢ient reliability. Gift aid iiicoinE recognili(Inpolicy Gift aid claims are filed approxirn2tely every other month and income is re¢ognised in the year the cl¥im is submitted. Leg&cy liiconie Lega¢ie5 are included in ihe SOFA when WCRF 15 legally entitled to the income. it is probable thBt WCRF will receive the income and the ainount cbn b¢ measured with Sufficient reliability. Entitlement IS th¢ earlierof notification of a quantifiable impendhn8 distribution or the le8acy b¢ing received. 33 World Cancer Kesearch l.und Regisicrtd numbBr 2536180 Trustees. repDrt. slraiegic rerx)rt and finÈncial 518ltmen15 30 S¢pitinb¢r 2021 Note5 to the financlal statements (conllnued) A¢countlDg pollcles (continued) Jnve¥liveiil Income ftndlhieresl Investment income &nd inter¢st is ac¢rued monthly in the SOFA. Llubllllles Liabiliiies are reco8nised on an accruals basis. Vuliie odded i¢¥ WCRI is not regisiered for VAT purposes and all costs expenditure are inclusive of VAT whcre applicable. Expeiidlfures Expenditure5 &re accounted for on an aecruals basi5 and are listed under he4dings thAt aggrega￿ all the costs r¢lated to ihat activity. Dire¢t cosis Are &itTtbut¢d dir¢cily lo the activit1£5 list¢d. Support costs are Allocated on a basis COnS15tent with the use ofihe resources and include humAn resouTce5, pr¢miscs and other costs. Humjn r¢$our¢e Costs include salaries, payroll taxes, pension, employee benefits And recruitm¢nl eX￿nseS. Premises costs are offic¢ renl, building mainten&n¢¢. utilities, telephone, alld insurance. Other costs irtclud¢ travel, du¢s & subscriptions. loxes and fees And a contribution to WCRF Internatioiial {s¢e note 191. Gr&nts are awarded in line wilh WCRF'S objectives Hnd poli¢ie$ and are accounted for on a payable basis. Grant cxpense and th¢ r¢l&tcd IiAbilily are reco8niz¢d in th¢ ycar lh¢ recipien( is ¢ntitled to the irrevocable us¢ of the fuThds. ToiiRlble FlYedAs.Fets NndDepreclllilo Tan8iblc fixed assets with a cost of more ihan £250 are ¢oPitA15sed and included &t initially at C05¢ and are depreciated over iheir estimated useful lif¢, Tangible fixed asset pU￿has¢S of less Ih&n £250 Are writt¢n off to ihe Slatemeni of Financial Actlvilies. Depieciation 15 provided to write.off the ¢05t less (he eslimaied residual VHlu¢ of machinery and equipment, and fixture5 and fil¢ings by equal instalments over ils ¢slimaled useful life of five years. except for cornput¢TS which are wriiien off over three years. Leasehold improv¢m¢nls arc depreeiAied ov¢r the life of the lease, which is ¢¢n yegTS. CaFh avdllqmld resomrees Cash, for the purpose of the ¢gsh flow statement compris¢5 ¢&sh in hand and deposits repayAble on demAnd less overdrafts PAyAble on demllnd. Liquid resources are current asset investment5 which are disposable wiihoul cufiailin8 or disruptin8 the busin¢$5 and are either readily convertible into known amounls of chsh at or c105e to their ¢aryying VAlues or traded in an ￿tIVe morket. Fliiaiiel￿llll5¢N1￿eR11 WCRF has applied the provisions of Section I I 'Basic Financial In51rumenis' gnd Se¢¢ion 12'0ther Financial Instruments issues, of FRS 102 to all of its finAn¢ial insirumenls. Financial instruments are reco8nised in the bAlance sheet when WCRF becomes party to ihe contrfictual provisions of the instrument Rnd ire valued ai fair value through profit or loss. B￿l¢JI￿oi•cl￿lllsSelS Basic financial assets, which include debiors and cash bank balan¢¢s, are initi&lly mtasured al Iransaclion price including transaction c0515 %Lnd are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitut¢s a financing transaction, where the transaction 15 nieaSUTed at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial asset classified as receivable within one year are not arnortis¢d. 34 World Lan¢¢r Research Fund Regi51er¢d number 2536180 TTUSlttS' rewrt. siraiegit rewrt and financial siaiemcnis 30 S¢plember 2021 Notes to the fjnancial statements fconlinued) Accountlng polleles (conlinued) BawicfinoiiclNllltsblllrtes Basi¢ financial liabilities, including creditors are initially wognised at transaction price unless the arrangement ¢onstiiutes a financing transaciion. where the debi inslrumeni is measured at Ilie pr¢sent value of the ￿lItre receipts discounted at a market rate of int¢resi. Financial liabiliti¢s Classified as payable within one year are not amortised. Debt in5trum¢nts are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effectiv¢ int¢resl rate method. Trade creditors are obligation5 to pay for goods and service5 that have been acquired in the ordinary cours¢ or operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classifTed a5 Current IiAbiliiie5 if payment is due within one year or less, If not, they are presented as non.current liabiltties. Trade Creditors are Teco8ni5ed initially ai transACtion price And subse4uently m¢8SUTed Al amoriised c05t using the eftekiive interest method. Ff)rel£N ciirrencles Transa¢lions in forei8n currencies recorded usin8 the r8te of exchange rulln8 at ¢he date of the tTan5action. Moneiary assets and Itabilili¢s d¢nominaied in foreign curr¢ncies are IranslAied using the contTacled rate or lh¢ ral¢ of exch&n8e rulin8 at ¢h¢ balance sheet date and th¢ 8ains or loss¢s on tran¥laiion are included in the SOFA Ter11￿11￿010Ij beiiejlts Terfftination benefits Are payable when ¢mploym¢nt 15 terminated artd r¢¢ognised when manA8ement is wmmitted to incurring these costs. PeMsloH costs WCRF opcrAtes a d¢fincd ￿ntributIon pension sch¢mc. The asseis of the 5chenie are held separaiely in an independently administered fund. 1The amountcharged to the SOFA repr¢5¢nls Ihe Conlribulions payable ¢0 th¢ 5rh¢m¢ in respect of the accountin8 period. WCRF is considered 10 pAs5 the te5t5 5th out in l)aragraph I Schedul¢ 6 Pinan¢e Act 2010 #nd iher¢for¢ it mects Ihe definition of A charil&ble comp&ny for UK corporalioll tax purposes. Accordingly, the eharity is potentiAlly exempt from taxAtion in resp￿¢ of income or cApiiAI gains rec¢ived within eatC8oric5 covered by Chapter 3 Part I I Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of th¢ 'faxation of Chargeablc Gains Aci 1992. (o the exlcnt that such income or gains are applied exclusively to choritable purpose5. The ¢radin¥ subsidiary, WCRI.- I'l'r￿in811,t￿, ¢ea$ed trading operations in 2015. If operalions resume in the futur¢, Ihe subsidiAry will donate it5 profits by way of gift aid to WCRF. Con5cquenily WCRF UK has no liability to tax Hnd no deferred thx. K¢y Judgementj #nd eJtlm&tlons E51imat¢$ and jud¥¢meiiis are continually evaluated and are based on his¢ori¢al experience and other factor5, ineludhn8 exp￿tatIons of future events ihal 8Te believed to be rea50rtabl¢ under the ciKumstances. Leguey INcoh The preparation of the financial statement5 requir¢5 judgements, estimations arkd assumptions to be made that affe¢t the rcporicd values of Assets, liabilitie5. revenues ond expEnses. The nalure of ¢siimation And judgement means that a¢lual outcomes could differ from expebtation. Signiflcant areas ofestimation Ind jud8emcnt include accrued legacy income. which is estimated based on the best information available at the balance sheei date. Mana8ement'5 estimate 15 prud¢n¢ in respect of illiquid asset to be a¢¢rued. 3S World CanLcr Kesearch I'und Re81Si¢rtd number 2536180 Trusie¢s' r¢pon, slTalegic repor( and financial slalernenls 30 Sepiembcr 2021 Notes to the financial statements {conlinued) Donwtion8, legaeles• ErHnt5 8nd other Ineome Unre&trtctod Fun Reatrfcted 2021 'rotil 2020 TotRI Donation5 Le8gcy inwme Commiltcd Gift Aid GrDn¢s from affiliates GrAni revenue ublease income Other incom¢ 5.950395 1.994.406 1.264,208 8.1 8,279 689.751 33.195 1,983,490 1,995.406 .264,208 818.279 689.7ql 18,563 4.596.675 1.467,540 ,23.1.410 716.076 041.207 191,805 4.710 749 10.778,251 749.00 10,811.446 3J.195 .853.423 Reslrifi¢d incom¢ in 2020 was £2J1.774. Expendlture on rHlJlng funds Dlr¢c¢ cos15 2021 TotAI 2020 I'otal ¢o¥t* Fundr&1$inM￿VICIEs l)ireLI mtiil fundraiJin8 l.lumvm resou￿¢3 Premiyc$ Other 179,476 1.636,613 179,476 I,636￿13 464.278 146,669 1,401.1>32 493.373 15,469 98,284 2,314,847 464,178 A8,659 2,480,044 1,816,ORg 663,9SS 36 World Cancer R¢scaTch Fund Registered nuinb¢r 2536180 Trustees. rtx)rt, 5tTal¢gic report and fiNncial siaicmenis 30 S¢pl¢mLrr 2021 Notes to the financial statements (conlimued) Expenditur¢ (bn charltfiblt Aetivitie5 DI￿¢t SuppDrt 2021 TolAI 2020 l-ot costs Rcscarch.. Rn after t￿ne mdrrow Iran5pIHnt to Unprove pAii¢ni ouicomes. Th¢ REJIOOI. 51udy 299,684 Qu¢en$ Univ¢rsity ofDcLfayt PotyphcM>Ls and hc8llh oul¢om¢s among bre&￿ ean¢¢r survivor&,' A pio%pcciive b￿m￿rk￿r sludy 330,322 Univ¢r511y of Ixeds DevelopinB a me¢hani51i¢ urtderRiandin8 of how nuir*ii.niclab( 349,983 University of Newca51k MUL'fi.HF,AL'fii,. Co.crealin¥ a i¢¢hnokigy based muhpk b¢1 29,22.1 Gemifin Chnccr Rcscarch Cenl¢r Understandin8 ih¢ Rok ofBovThe M¢8t and Milk l.'a¢iors 1￿MMr) th chron￿ 1n1lammii￿n and Cobrcclal Cancer 60,000 Harvard School ofpublK 14¢afth WCRblAICR D*iary and lifcslyk p8llCrnS And rlsk of 0￿￿¢thI eancer 61,000 13ri%lol med￿al School AuiomaiUI8 WCRFI AICR CUP system&lK r¢vKw proce55e5 294,21￿] IARC Colliboralivc project beliv¢en IARC llnd WCRF Inicrn)IK)nal.. E¥aluiiX)ts nf bN)bgKal mL'Lhanisms luikthg d￿1. lifesty￿ and cancer iyilhin Ihc neiv pha5c ofihe CUP 350,000 IARC Cohort study 14.151 Nlls foundalkJn N114R C8th¢er and NulrilN)n CO]￿￿ra¢KIn 22,000 Total rnlea￿k Ar*nts 2,34%.636 Irnpcr￿I Colkge Coniinuou% rvcrnHnce cosls- Qudii 1¢¢$ ()r£27,500 (2fJ20.. £25.QQO) includc f￿5 In Tc5￿cl of WLRI.. TrAdinB I,Id of£2,500 Q020.. £2,500) nd bo8rd meclin8 ¢xrKnY5 of£ nil(2020.. £1,481) Brc iiicludcd in OIIKr abov¢. 39 Woild Lgnccr Res¢arch fund Ke8isl¢r¢d nurn￿r 2536180 Truslces, report, str￿<81¢ T¢PQrt and financial sialemcnis 30 S¢pi¢nib¢r 2021 Notes to the financial statements (conllnued) Opernting cost$ 2021 2020 Net em￿ndI￿re is ststed after chargiDg: Depreciation and other amounts WTltlci) off i￿n￿ble fixed 4ss¢t5'. Oivn¢d Hbe of pl￿t Nnd Inachinery of oih¢r w5¢15- operoiingkas¢$ 92 J60 15,248 313,000 85,201 10.008 31J,OQO 2021 2020 Aiidllop's reniineroiltsA.' Audit of Ih¢5e finHnci&I sl&temenis Audit of fJnanLial Slalrrn¢nis ofsubsldiaries 2.1,000 2,500 23.500 2,000 25.51>0 IlumaTh rtsour¢ 2021 20 18rles &)cial seLurliy c05t5 Pension ¢OS15. d¢flncd contribulffion sch¢me mploy¢e bwi¢lil Recruitment 1,683,018 171J,SlU 74,844 1,059.209 167.088 70.372 79,980 44,819 2.01¥,49¥ 2.021,728 SAlaries include ntl in i¢tmiD&lion p&ymenis 12020.. £24,318). The &vctage numbEr ofp¢r50fL5 employed during Ihe year, BpRIy5cd by ￿l¢gOry. WL8 &8 foltOW5.' 2021 Numlxr 2020 Numb Fundraislll8 Re%e8rch Edwation Adminislraiion 13 io l2 10 12 10 12 12 45 46 40 World Canc¢r R¢s¢arch fund Regisi¢ied number 2536180 Trusl¢¢S' ￿]xtr￿ slrdlegic ICPDrt and liD￿CIal slalemenls 30 Scpiemb¢T 2021 Notes to the financiAI statements (contlnued) Thc emolum¢Dls in exc£ss of £60.000. excluding penston coniributioD& ofslatyemployed by th¢ group were iyilhin the following rartB¢5,' 2021 2020 £60,001 - £70,￿0 £70,001 - £80.(￿0 £80,001- £90.0 £90.001- £100,￿0 Sci olY88Ainsl lh¢ salaries costs 8trK)v¢ is inwme ot'£592 from Ihe CorO￿ViruS Job Releniion S¢hcmf PrOgr￿ll ICJRSI. There w¢r¢ no unfulfilled condiiion$ in r¢5pccI ofihis incomc and il is the only forni ofdir¢ci fina￿.1￿) ￿sIstance Ihdt hls ix¢n Te¢eivcd from the UK GovLmm¥nl during the year 1202n.' vil). Tn re8P¢¢I to slafypaid over £60,000, lh¢ p¢n5ion contribution £23,881 (2020.. £14,J16). Thc k¢y managemeni ￿rSOnnel of thr WCRf are Ih¢ Iru$ie¢¥, th¢ Presidenl.Ihc CCO Ihc LFO. The I'ruslces. whom NTC considered Iht k¢y managemrnl pcr8onncl. received no rcmunerttlion12020'. nill. Board mcelins expcns¢s includc oul.of-wLkei Irav¢l, lodgill8, mcals Hnd room r¢nlal. Nii'lruslccs12020.' Ihrccl rLCLI¥Ld Dul.of-wckL?I iyavel reimbur$¢m¢nls 12020.. £5811 for LxpcnEc% iiicurrcd dire¢ily. In 2021 ￿1￿ 202Q IhcrL' w¢r¢ no rclalLd parly IranyaLllOnY with the ljoard or'rrusi¢es and WLRTr. I'hc Prl'sideni And LFO wcre compen5tt*d by aflliialc or8anisalions. io TAnilble Ilxed Asselj L*8sthold Imp￿￿MentS Mathln¢ry rtd equlpment nd tlttlng Colt Al l OcitybEr 2020 Addiilons 470,550 11,899 64.676 133,879 33,581 069, IOJ 45.080 AI 30 Sep1cm￿r 2021 482,449 64.676 167.060 714,18J D¢pr¢clallon Ai l October 2020 ChkW&* for y¢gr Jl,742 49,122 13,526 12,518 63.087 30,719 128.35J 92,3J9 At 30 S￿lember 2021 100,864 26.044 93.806 220,714 Net book hwlue At 30 SeptenibEr 2020 460,146 47,78J 58.076 566,007 At 30 Septtmbtr202J 381 J8S 35.632 493,471 41 World Caneei Research Fund Re8iSILILd numbeT 2536180 Tru51¢es' report, slralogic re￿)￿ and financial %1glemenls 30 Sepi¢mbcr 2021 Notes to the financial statements (conllnued) InwegtmeDtS 1021 2020 Investment In sub5ididary Mov¢m¢nis duriJigth¢ y¢8r Al l Odob¢r Addiliun5 DSspuslll$ Nct lossL￿ on invcstmen15 Amorii8ation ofpremium and discoun15 paid Th¢re wtr¢ Th) invc51mcnl chu8es for 202112020.. nll). 12 Debtors 2021 2020 Ac¢ru¢d Ic8acKs Amoun1$ oiY¢d by pffilwtcs Prepayin¢nls Amounts oiytd by Broup un(krtakin& 1'r￿e debiurs 628,030 271,19.1 970.947 241,995 6,845 125,792 481,412 2.159,087 1,908.691 13 Cr¢dllors: amounts fAlllng wlthin OD¢ ytar 2021 2020 Tr4de cyedilors fjTanl p&yHb Other cr¢dilors 198,165 1,217.2BI 345,048 889,238 493,110 1,760,494 1,494.178 42 World Cancer Iic5caTch Fund RegisierL'd 2536180 ITusl¢e5' ￿￿rt. strategic rerA)rt and finBncial sl&lemen15 30 SepitmiKr 2021 Notes to the financial statements feoniinued) 14 Creditor8.' amouDtg fAlllnK du¢ After on¢ year 1021 2020 Grani payab 2,374,231 1.233,071 Is Gu&rAntees and olher flnAnelal commitm¢Dt$ Op¢r*tlng leas¢ tomrnlimenl$- lind, bullding and equlpm¢nt 2021 2020 I'olal fuiurc mininum kage paymcnts undcr non.¢ancellabk oper¢fiiing k.ases for c&ch of th¢ 10Lbw4￿ peritsds.. -DoI lai¢r than one ycar .knier than one year #nd not laicr Ih&n fivc years -later Ih4n five y¢ors TolAI 468,000 2,067,000 900,900 468,000 2,020,200 1,415,700 3,435,900 3,903.900 16 Pellslo WCRF operates A defined Colilribulion p¢nsion scheine. The p¢nsion costs charged for the period r¢presen¢s ¢ontTibutions payable to ¢he 5chem¢ and amounted to £74,844 {2020'. £70,572). 17 Members WCRF 15 a cornpany limited by guaranltt. The li4bili¢y of ihe members of the company is limited lo £1 each. 43 World Canccr Research Fund R¢gI￿ered number 2536180 Trusteeg, r¢tK)rt, slTatcgic repffi and financial slal¢m¢nls 30 S¢pi¢niber 2021 Notes to the financial statements {eonilniied) 18 Relfited PArlles WCRF ha5 8 wholly owned tTaditL8 subsidiary, WCRF ITradin8} Ltd., whi¢h is incorporated in the UK. WCRF {Trading) Ltd ceased op¢ralions in 2015. WCRF (Trading) Ltd. ￿rrIed on Irading aciiviiies to raise net revenues whiLh are contributed to the WCRF UK. The re8i5tered address is The Broad84t¢ Tower, Third FIooT, 20 Prirnrose Street, London. EC2A 2RS. Summary balance sheet is ps follows.. 2021 2020 Cash 6,752 6.845 t)uc to WCRF,. Be￿InnIngbalaTh N¢t valuc o1.lran8a￿lons Amounts ow¢d by %ub.sidi Total net ai•etg 16,843 93 16.7.ql)I 16.936} 93 16,8431 19 Affllllled ChArltles WCRF 15 a member of the World C2Ti¢eT Research fund global network. which is an international alli8n¢e of organisations dedicated lo th¢ PTevention and control of ¢an¢er through healiliy diets and lifcslyles. The nelwork comprises World Cancer Research Pllnd International AISBL {WCRF International). an umbrella associalion and its m¢mbcr orgthnisations- national Charities based differenl countries. Members oper81¢ in the United Stales of America, Amcric&n Inslilute for Cancer Re5tarch IAICR),. the United Kingdom, World Cancer Research fund (WCRF UK); the NetherlAnds, Stichiins Wer¢ld Kanker Onderzoek Fortds {WCRF NL),. And in the Far East, World Cancer Research Fund l.imiied IWCRF HK). Linked by a common vision and mission, each member organisation work5 with the slTategi¢ heodquarters. WCRF Inlemaiional. to en5UT¢ nationAI and 8lobal effe¢tiveness and economies ihrou8h shared analysi5. publicalions and best practic¢s. Wilh strAtegically placed member organisatlOll5, the WCRF global network 15 able to TaiS¢ &waTeness that cancer is largely prcventablc. fijnd innovative scientific rc5earch and slimulA¢e new public initiatlV¢5 for ¢an¢er prevention and control Ihroughout the world. WCRF Intemalional is funded by contribution5 and dues from the Charily And its affiliates. Wheii neces58ry, WCRF IMay makc 5tcrlin8 payments on behalf of WCRF a￿1]lates, In turrt. WCEiV a*filial¢s may make payments on behalf of WCRF io Creditors reque5tln8 payments in other ¢urrencie5. WCRF is reimbursed andlor will make reimbursements to the Tespeciive affiliate5 for thes¢ payments. The affiliate transactions described aix)ve are recorded in Amounts owed by afYIliAtes in nok 12. The summary a¢tivity in these Accounts for the years ended 30 September 2021 Rnd 2020 is as follow$.' 44 World Cancer Kesearch Trund RL'gistered number 2536180 T￿￿1¢¢5. repon. sir8ieBIc Teport Ènd financial slal¢m¢Dts 30 Sepicmbtr 2021 Notes to the financiydl statements {eoii/lnued) 2021 IW.RF II'LRF Flong Kong Descriptlon AICR NL Toi•li Jl¢wnnin8balanre value of iran$atlioiJ5 Amounts owed by affiliAI¢s 143.290 69.109 212,399 627,503 1435.4671 192,036 lJ7.212 23,441 180.653 42,942 970,947 1342.9171 628.030 42.942 2020 WC.RTr' Inttrnatlon&l WC.RF Nl. Deitrlptlon AIC'R Hollg Konl 'rotali ljewnning balRn¢¢ vDluc of Ir8nSaLlltsny Amouttig oived by affllia¢es 52.901 90,389 14J,290 133.841 40,942 2,0011 42.W2 661,500 309.447 970.947 195.6B7 627.503 157.212 20 AnAly$ls of Net Assets between Fund$ Net Ilxtd *¥*tti IAbllR ten Inwstmenij Tot•li Unrc51Ticied fund R¢s1TIciL￿ fund$ l-oial fund 493.471 8,335.609 59,374 ,394.983 12,374,231) 6.454.849 59..174 6.J14,12J 493,471 12,374,231 2020 Nel Ctyfr¢Nt Tanllblt Ilxed IA)n8 terni In*stmenli Total Unr¢3trlded fund Reliri¢i￿ fuiids Totttl fond$ 540,7JO 6,9%5,lJ3 164,062 7.149,19J 11.233,071) 6,292,812 164,062 6,456.874 540,7JO 11,233.0711 45 Notes to the financial statements fconiimued) 21 Restrleted Don&tions and GrAnt$ Since financial year 201712018. WCRF has received grant payments with a restriction for a specific project. At the end of fJnan¢ial year 201912020, the unspent balance of that giAni WA5 £140,093. No grant payments were received in financial year 202012021. A portion of that 8r8nt was spenl {£88.219) And rele&sed from re5tri¢tion leaving a restiicied balan¢¢ of £51,874. DonRtions from three Trusts and Foundations were wcived in financial year 202012021 (£33,195) to be used for h¢alth informaiion outrea¢h projccts. Of that amount, £25,695 was spent in financial year 202012021, along Wlth £23,969 from financial year201912020 donations. Therefore the restricted ￿Thd balance is £59,37412020.. £164,062). B*lAllt¢ ** JOSop2Q21 l Ort 2020 pettdlture Resiil¢¢¢d funds l-.L Co-crealc Groni 140.093 188.2191 51,874 Tru$iJlFound&tiDnJ 23,969 164,06Z 33,19J 33,195 {49.664 1137.8831 7.500 59,374 'rh¢ r¢ylri¢ted fund rel&l¢s to the EC. 8rant. a flve-year, El O million Study 'Confroniin¥ Ob¢5i¢y.' Co.Creaiing polici¢5 with youth, CO-CRIATI - focuse5 on preventing childhood obesity in Europe by actively involvin8 &dole5¢¢n¢s in the policyinakin8 process. 46