Our organisation

The Council of trustees sets the Charity’s strategic direction, monitors the delivery of the Charity’s objectives, uphold its values and governance and advises the Chief Executive.

Our Code of Ethics serves as a guide for how to approach making difficult decisions and sets out how we’re all expected to conduct ourselves in our work for Cancer Research UK.
 

The role of the Scientific Executive Board is to develop and implement Cancer Research UK's scientific strategy. 

Cancer Research UK’s constitution provides for the appointment of 100 Members of the charity which are similar to shareholders of a company.

Our Annual Report and accounts 2022/23 reviews our performance for the year, our income and expenditure, the progress we're making against our objectives and our aims for the future.

We want to maximise the positive impact our life-saving research has on people and the planet, while minimising the negative impact.

As the UK’s largest charity, we recognise the positive role we can play in developing and embedding EDI best practice across all our business operations, including our public engagement and outreach work.