Blood Cancer UK Research
Registered name: BLOOD CANCER UK RESEARCH
Blood Cancer UK Research made £21.1m revenue and a £80k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Blood Cancer UK Research’s revenue grew 14% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £80k and 131 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £21.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £839k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £839k |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | −£80k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | −£80k |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 15.4% | −0.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | −£611 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼102.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£611
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Bloodwise Trading LimitedRev. £598k · Profit £464k
- Bloodwise LtdFigures not disclosed
- Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£80k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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