# BREAST CANCER NOW

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160558
- **Other names:** BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN AND BREAKTHROUGH BREAST CANCER, BREAST CANCER CARE AND BREAST CANCER NOW, BREAST CANCER CARE AND BREAST CANTER NOW, BREAST CANCER CARE AND BREAST CARE NOW, BREAST CANCER NOW, PROJECT BEACON
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 18, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1160558


## Contact

- **Address:** 6th Floor, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London
- **Postcode:** E1 8QS
- **Phone:** 03332070300
- **Email:** hello@breastcancernow.org
- **Website:** www.breastcancernow.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 4.1 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO:4.1.1 ADVANCE HEALTH, INCLUDING THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM CANCER, PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT, THOSE CONVALESCING FOLLOWING TREATMENT BY:4.1.1.1 PROMOTING ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL ASSIST WITH AWARENESS, IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION OF CANCER;4.1.1.2 ASSISTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE;4.1.2 ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER ON TERMS THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED;4.1.3 ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF CANCER AND ITS TREATMENTS PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY) AMONG SUFFERERS OF CANCER AND THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND4.1.4 PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS CONCERNED WITH MEDICAL RESEARCH OR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

**Activities:** We're Breast Cancer Now, the UK's largest breast cancer charity and we're dedicated to funding research into this devastating disease.  We're bringing together all those affected by the disease to improve the way we prevent, detect, treat and stop the disease.  We believe that if we all act now, by 2050 everyone who develops breast cancer will live.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £59270000 | £66843000 | £40471000 | 397 |
| July 31, 2024 | £57459000 | £56287000 | £48265000 | 360 |
| July 31, 2023 | £49579000 | £53429000 | £45090000 | 330 |
| July 31, 2022 | £66884000 | £43991000 | £49205000 | 294 |
| July 31, 2021 | £43022000 | £34501000 | £26434000 | 269 |



## Trustees

- **Jill Margaret Thompson** (Chair) — appointed April 1, 2019
- Claire Ryan — appointed Sept. 29, 2022
- Dr Andreas Makris — appointed May 5, 2022
- Dr Nisha Sharma — appointed July 28, 2021
- Emma Woods — appointed Feb. 19, 2026
- Gail Louise Tucker — appointed Nov. 29, 2023
- Gail Russell — appointed Nov. 26, 2025
- Georgette Ulia Mogbonjubola Oni — appointed May 5, 2022
- Helen Gorman — appointed Feb. 11, 2025
- KEITH DAVID FELTON — appointed Sept. 27, 2023
- Professor Ingunn Holen — appointed July 28, 2021
- Professor Mitch Dowsett — appointed July 28, 2021
- William James Patrick Richards — appointed Feb. 20, 2024