Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund

Analysis

Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in January 1992, 34 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund reported income of £31k and spending of £11k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £31k (+179%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Centre of Excellence (£31k), League of Friends of the Williton and District Hospital (£31k) and Bensalem Foundation (£31k).