Some of our highlights from the year

Our work across the UK Thanks to our supporters we funded over 4,000 researchers, nurses and doctors across the UK.

Our Institutes Our Centres Just some locations where we fund research and support clinical trials

Our total incomewas £483million (2010: £515 million), a good outcome in a challenging environment.

How we used your donations

Despite the reduced income, increased costs and technology investment, 80% of every £1 donated was available to beat cancer.

80% was available to beat cancer.

We launched twoCentres will enable researchers who in Scotland this year

The EdinburghCentre launched in June 2010,

bringing together scientists, doctors and nurses from across the city. Researchers will focus on bowel, breast

genetics and drug discovery. The West of Scotland

and ovarian cancers and build discovery and patient care. on existing strengths in

It will also bring the latest cancer treatment and state-of-the-art facilities

CancerCentre (Glasgow), to people living in the area. launched in January 2011,

Race for Life and our new fundraising event Shine –

a night-time walking marathon – raised £60million for our life-saving work.

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Our total expenditurewas £493million (2010: £467 million), a planned draw from our funds to maintain our annual research activity.

are not usually able to work together to exchange ideas and information more easily. Focusing on research into bowel cancer and chronic myeloid leukaemia, it will promote the very best in cancer research, drug

80% 20%

We used the 20% left to raise future funds. In fact for every £1we spend on fundraising we raised over £4more.