Cancare

Analysis

Cancare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanage. It was registered in October 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. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cancare reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,295 to £19k (+348%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 9758%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cancare sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dominica (UK) Association (£19k), The Rosemary and David Coveney Charitable Trust (£19k) and League of Friends of Wallingford Hospital (£19k).