UK Society for Medical Oncology

Analysis

UK Society for Medical Oncology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, UK Society for Medical Oncology reported income of £81k and spending of £82k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £140k to £81k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, UK Society for Medical Oncology sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Albie Sugden Foundation (£81k), Laces Educational (£81k) and Fairford and Lechlade Areas Working for Wellbeing (£81k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.