Tenovus Cancer Care

Analysis

Tenovus Cancer Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00943501). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Tenovus Cancer Care reported income of £9.4m and spending of £10.4m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8.5m to £9.4m (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tenovus Cancer Care sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celtic Leisure (£9.4m), Castel Froma Neuro Care Limited (£9.4m) and Woking Hospice (£9.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 70% and donations and legacies 29%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 27% of spending and raising funds 73%. Reserves of £4.6m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 177 people.