Cancer Community Chest

Analysis

Cancer Community Chest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in January 1996, 30 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 03144903). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Cancer Community Chest reported income of £63k and spending of £86k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £42k to £63k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cancer Community Chest sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alfred Charles Cuthbert Parker Will Trust (£63k), St Helens General Charitable Trust (£63k) and Samye Foundation Wales (£63k).

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.