# Headcase Cancer Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1140061 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1140061)
- Website: https://www.headcase.org.uk
- Latest income: £51.3k; spending £8,749
- What it funds: Health / saving of lives
- Who it helps: Other defined groups
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Sponsors or undertakes research
- Last verified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/headcase-cancer-trust

Headcase Cancer Trust raises money by running and supporting various events throughout the UK. All money raised is used to fund research into the causes and a possible cure for Glioblastoma Brain Tumours (GBM) which claim the lives of around 6000 UK people annually. Headcase finances research primarily at Nottingham Trent University and other Universities across the UK.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## What it funds

Headcase Cancer Trust is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research. In its latest reported year Headcase Cancer Trust reported income of £51.3k and spending of £8,749.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Headcase Cancer Trust in its sources (last checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website (headcase.org.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is Headcase Cancer Trust open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 16 Oct 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Headcase Cancer Trust is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Does Headcase Cancer Trust give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that Headcase Cancer Trust makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How large is Headcase Cancer Trust?

In its latest reported year Headcase Cancer Trust reported income of £51.3k and spending of £8,749.


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