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Anthony Nolan

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UK charity

Anthony Nolan is a UK charity that works in the areas of leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, which is part of an aligned registry that also includes the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry, NHS Blood and Transplant's British Bone Marrow Registry and Deutsche KnochenMarkSpenderdatei (DKMS) UK. This aligned register is known as the Anthony Nolan & NHS Stem Cell Registry.2 It was founded by Shirley Nolan.1 It employed 447 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was £70.8 million in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1974Founded1
  • HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom1
  • Websitewww.anthonynolan.org
  • Legal formcharitable organization1
  • Kind of organizationCharitable organization1
  • LEI21380016SVAXBVZAR7173
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, NW3 2QG London, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 023792803

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Anthony Nolan is a UK charity that works in the areas of leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, which is part of an aligned registry that also includes the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry, NHS Blood and Transplant's British Bone Marrow Registry and Deutsche KnochenMarkSpenderdatei (DKMS) UK. This aligned register is known as the Anthony Nolan & NHS Stem Cell Registry. It also carries out research to help make bone marrow transplants more effective.2

The story

Founded by Shirley Nolan in 1974.1

The charity is named after Anthony Nolan (born 1971–died 1979), who did not suffer from leukaemia but from Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome, a rare inherited blood disorder. It was founded by Anthony's mother Shirley Nolan (1942–2001) in 1974 as the Anthony Nolan Register.

Initially based at the Westminster Children's Hospital, it moved to St Mary Abbots Hospital in 1978 and to its present offices, laboratory and research institute in north London, in the grounds of the Royal Free Hospital. The charity was renamed in 2001 as the Anthony Nolan Trust. and again in 2010 to Anthony Nolan.

In 2008 Anthony Nolan set up the UK's first dedicated cord blood bank, allowing mothers to safely donate the blood from their umbilical cord and placenta after they give birth, the charity then use this blood in their stem cell transplants. In 2012 Anthony Nolan became the first stem cell register in the world to start recruiting 16-year-olds.

From Wikipedia’s article on Anthony Nolan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Employees over time

Anthony Nolan employees by year1447 in 2025+52% since 2017
02004006002017: 29529520172018: 3063062018+4%2019: 3333332019+9%2020: 3453452020+4%2021: 3433432021−1%2025: 4474472025+30%
  • 20254471
  • 20213431
  • 20203451
  • 20193331
  • 20183061
  • 20172951

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Anthony Nolan revenue by year170.8M GBP in 2025+38% since 2017
020.0M GBP40.0M GBP60.0M GBP80.0M GBP2017: 51.3M GBP51.3M GBP20172018: 51.2M GBP51.2M GBP2018−0%2019: 53.7M GBP53.7M GBP2019+5%2020: 55.4M GBP55.4M GBP2020+3%2021: 51.4M GBP51.4M GBP2021−7%2022: 53.5M GBP53.5M GBP2022+4%2023: 58.6M GBP58.6M GBP2023+9%2024: 63.0M GBP63.0M GBP2024+8%2025: 70.8M GBP70.8M GBP2025+12%
  • 202570.8M GBP1
  • 202463.0M GBP1
  • 202358.6M GBP1
  • 202253.5M GBP1
  • 202151.4M GBP1
  • 202055.4M GBP1

Timeline

  1. 1974Founded Founded1

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