Beechwood Cancer Care Centre

Analysis

Beechwood Cancer Care Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in November 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02650841). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Beechwood Cancer Care Centre reported income of £974k and spending of £805k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £584k to £974k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beechwood Cancer Care Centre sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rehabilitation Trust (£974k), Cdac Network Limited (£975k) and Effective Intervention (£974k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 40%, donations and legacies 39%, trading 17% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,000. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 43%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.