The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Clinical Oncology and Cancer Care Appeal

Analysis

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Clinical Oncology and Cancer Care Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Truro. It was registered in December 2000, 26 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Clinical Oncology and Cancer Care Appeal reported income of £282k and spending of £455k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £110k to £282k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. 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, The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Clinical Oncology and Cancer Care Appeal sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Margaret's Centre (£282k), Redeemed Christian Church of God ('RCCG') Strong Tower Parish (£282k) and Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (£282k).