Finance: The Numbers - Anthony Nolan Trust

Total income £14.8m (up from £13.4m in 2003). Nearly 60 per

cent comes in fees from hospitals using the register.

Highest salary Professor Alejandro Madrigal, research and scientific
director, was paid £90,000-£100,000.

Reserves policy Reserves at year-end, excluding fixed assets and
restricted funds, were £1.5m, equivalent to about six weeks'
unrestricted spending.

The charity's policy is to have reserves of between £800,000 and
£2.8m.

Fundraising costs The charity spent £1.2m on fundraising and
£1m on its trading subsidiary, which carries out fundraising
events. Its fundraised income was £5.6m. This gives it a
fundraising ratio of 39p in the pound, slightly less than the year
before.

Pension The charity operates a defined contribution scheme and
contributes a maximum of 6 per cent of an employee's salary based on
seniority and length of service.

How performance is communicated The annual report is rather dry but the
annual review makes good use of graphics to describe the charity's
work.

The review explains the charity's aim of recruiting younger bone marrow
donors. The charity carried out a review of its communications and has
shifted its focus to address gaps in awareness of the bone marrow
register among the general public and young men in particular. The
reports are available online at www.anthonynolan.org.uk.

The charity says We undertook a substantially events-based campaign to
raise funds because we believe that high-profile events in the community
provide good publicity and help recruit donors to the register. Such
events do provide a wider benefit for the charity.