The Kay Bain Cancer Charity Trust

Analysis

The Kay Bain Cancer Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in April 1998, 28 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kay Bain Cancer Charity Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Kay Bain Cancer Charity Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Nursing Association (£17k), Rotary Club of Eastleigh Trust Fund (£17k) and South London African Women Association (Slawa) Limited (£17k).

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.