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Financial statements The financial statements comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) – Accounting and Reporting by Charities as revised in 2005, the Charities Act (1993, as amended by the 2006 Act), the Companies Act (2006), the Charities and Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

Charity status The Charity has a maximum permitted membership of 100. There are currently 93 Members, of which 12 are Trustees (see pages 20 to 21). Each Member guarantees to contribute up to one pound sterling (£1) to the Charity’s debts, liabilities and costs in the event of the Charity being wound up and for one year after ceasing to be a Member.

Charity objects The Charity’s objects are to protect and promote the health of the public in particular by research into the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of all forms of cancer, including the development of findings of research into the practical applications for the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and, in furtherance of that primary object, to provide information and raise public understanding of such matters.

Governing document Cancer Research UK is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. Cancer Research UK also operates under the following names: Cancer Research UK Scotland, Cancer Research UK Cymru, Cancer Research UK Jersey, Cancer Research UK Guernsey and Cancer Research Northern Ireland.

Company number 4325234

Charity number 1089464 in England and Wales SC041666 in Scotland (effective from 23 July 2010)

Registered office The Angel Building, 407 St John Street, London EC1V 4AD (effective from 1 October 2010)

Patron Her Majesty The Queen

Joint Presidents HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO HRH Princess Alexandra the Hon. Lady Ogilvy, KG, GCVO

Company Secretary Rosanna Roughley LLB Solicitor

Bankers Natwest Bank Plc, Aldwych Branch, Connaught House, 65 Aldwych, London WC2B 4EJ

Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 7 More London Riverside, London SE1 2RT

Solicitors Withers LLP, 16 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EG

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