MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
Macmillan Cancer Support is a registered UK charity that provides specialist healthcare, information, and practical assistance to people affected by cancer through a network of nurses, care centres, and support lines.
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Cash
£7.4m
+34.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£134m
+241.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,364
-19.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£95m
+348.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £232,040,000 | £245,546,000 | £268,370,000 | +9.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £21,124,000 | £94,664,000 | +348.1% | |
| Net profit | -£30,124,000 | £21,124,000 | £94,664,000 | +348.1% | |
| Cash | £9,731,000 | £5,524,000 | £7,425,000 | +34.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £103,402,000 | £95,206,000 | £170,138,000 | +78.7% | |
| Net assets | £18,141,000 | £39,265,000 | £133,929,000 | +241.1% | |
| Equity | £18,141,000 | £39,265,000 | £133,929,000 | +241.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,914 | 1,697 | 1,364 | -19.6% | |
| Wages | £80,154,000 | £71,922,000 | £59,721,000 | -17% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £171,000 | £171,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -13.0% | 8.6% | 35.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.0% | 79.1% | 45.9% | |
| Current ratio | 8.32x | 1.42x | 2.45x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT 2006-06-29 → present
- MACMILLAN CANCER RELIEF 1997-04-20 → 2006-06-29
- CANCER RELIEF MACMILLAN FUND 1989-06-30 → 1997-04-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees, after reviewing Macmillan's budgets, business plans, liquidity forecasts, including potential downside scenarios, and investment cash reserves, consider that the Group and Charity have sufficient resources and liquidity available at the date of approval of this report and for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT · parent
- Macmillan Cancer Support Trading Limited 100%
- Macmillan Cancer Support Enterprises Limited 100%
- Cancerbackup 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCIS, Laura | Secretary | 2026-08-03 | — | — |
| ABRAHAM, Jean Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2021-06-15 | Dec 1967 | British |
| BAKHAI, Minal, Dr | Director | 2025-02-24 | May 1982 | British |
| BENNETT, David Jonathan | Director | 2025-10-06 | Mar 1962 | British |
| HIGHAM, Rachel | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| HOWE, Catherine Susannah | Director | 2019-10-15 | Sep 1967 | British |
| KERR, Ronald James, Sir | Director | 2025-10-06 | Feb 1950 | British |
| NADER, Anas, Dr | Director | 2025-02-24 | Jun 1984 | Canadian |
| NESMES, Anne-Francoise Michele | Director | 2025-12-10 | May 1971 | French,British |
| NYANIN, Felicia | Director | 2023-07-27 | Sep 1982 | British |
| OWEN, Nicholas Robson | Director | 2020-09-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| WARE, Mark Morrell | Director | 2019-10-15 | Jun 1958 | British |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENSON, Marina Victoria | Secretary | 2007-01-02 | 2018-07-17 |
| COX, Elspeth | Secretary | 2018-07-17 | 2024-02-29 |
| COX, Elspeth | Secretary | 2012-05-07 | 2012-09-30 |
| FARRINGTON, David John | Secretary | 2006-02-02 | 2006-12-31 |
| MOSCROP, Emma Jane | Secretary | 2005-01-17 | 2007-10-31 |
| NICOLA, Sophia | Secretary | 2025-02-25 | 2026-08-03 |
| PRIESTLEY, Christopher Severyn Somerville | Secretary | 2008-03-01 | 2009-01-13 |
| ROSSI, Paul Nigel | Secretary | — | 2004-12-31 |
| WILLIS, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-24 |
| AHLUWALIA, Jagjit Singh, Dr | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2026-03-05 |
| AHMED, Naeem, Dr | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2016-05-24 |
| ASQUITH, Jonathan Paul | Director | — | 2006-06-28 |
| BEELEY, Anthony Francis Mycroft, Captain | Director | — | 1996-06-26 |
| BENSON, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 1995-09-27 | 2000-12-13 |
| CALMAN, Kenneth, Professor Sir | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2005-06-30 |
| CLINE, Tara Jane Margaret | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2015-07-23 |
| CORNER, Jessica, Professor | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2004-11-10 |
| CORNISH, Iain Charles Andrew | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2026-03-05 |
| CROSSWELL, Irene Patricia | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2017-04-29 |
| CUMMINGS, Jane Frances | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2023-07-27 |
| DOUGLAS, Derek Jack | Director | 2006-01-16 | 2012-07-12 |
| DUFF, Andrew James | Director | 2011-03-02 | 2020-07-29 |
| DUNDAS, James Frederick Trevor | Director | 1996-10-02 | 2010-07-29 |
| EISEN, Timothy George | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2021-06-16 |
| EVERED, David Charles, Dr | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2015-07-23 |
| FRANCE, Christopher Walter, Sir | Director | 1996-01-24 | 2004-06-30 |
| GROSVENOR, Jane Meriel | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| HAMBRO, Richard Alexander | Director | — | 2001-07-04 |
| HANKS, Geoffrey Warren, Professor | Director | — | 2001-12-11 |
| HASSAM, Ahmed Gulamabbas, Dr | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2004-06-30 |
| HEALE, Simon John Newton | Director | 2010-05-13 | 2016-12-31 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Clare Margaret | Director | 2011-04-27 | 2014-03-21 |
| KENT, Katharine Lucy Mary, The Duchess Of Kent | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2001-12-11 |
| KIRK, Susan | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2014-07-23 |
| LACEY, Kenneth Lee | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2017-03-20 |
| LANCASTER, Judith Helene | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2010-07-29 |
| LANGLEY, Susan Carol | Director | 2017-07-19 | 2021-06-16 |
| LEWIS, Martyn John Dudley | Director | — | 1995-06-28 |
| MACHALE, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2012-07-12 |
| MACKLE, Feilim | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2021-07-29 |
| MALE, David Ronald | Director | — | 2000-06-06 |
| MEHMET, Mohammed | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2025-10-06 |
| MICKLETHWAIT, Jane Evelyn | Director | — | 1996-06-26 |
| MURLEY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2026-03-05 |
| O'BRIEN, Una Noelle, Dame | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2021-06-16 |
| OLIVER, Gillian Frances, Dame | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2000-02-16 |
| PALCA, Julia Charlotte | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2019-04-30 |
| PATON, David Romer | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2005-06-30 |
| PETLEY, Victoria | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2005-06-30 |
| PILLING, Joseph Grant, Sir | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2015-07-23 |
| PRIOR-PALMER, Simon Erroll | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2013-07-23 |
| RAMIREZ, Amanda Jane, Professor | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2011-02-04 |
| SCOTT, Douglas Andrew | Director | — | 1995-06-28 |
| SCOTT, Thomas Hardy, The Rev | Director | 1993-07-28 | 1997-05-20 |
| SIMONDS-GOODING, Anthony James Joseph | Director | — | 2001-07-04 |
| SLEVIN, Maurice Louis | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-09-22 |
| SNOWBALL, Priscilla Deborah | Director | 2004-09-16 | 2008-06-13 |
| STOKES-LAMPARD, Helen Jayne, Dr | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| STRAUSS, Toby Emil | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2022-02-10 |
| TAYLOR, Hugh Henderson, Sir | Director | 2011-04-17 | 2017-07-19 |
| THOMPSON, Suki Frances Allison | Director | 2011-04-27 | 2018-12-21 |
| TUCKWELL, Gareth David, Dr | Director | 2003-04-02 | 2013-07-23 |
| WILSON-BARNETT, Jenifer | Director | — | 1999-12-14 |
| ZETLAND, Susan Rose, Marchioness Of | Director | 1996-12-04 | 1998-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 274 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.