The Cancer Prevention and Education Society

Analysis

The Cancer Prevention and Education Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in October 2001, 25 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04157505). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Cancer Prevention and Education Society reported income of £10k and spending of £18k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £12k to £10k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Cancer Prevention and Education Society sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Matthiesen Foundation (£10k), The S R E Pigott Charitable Trust (£10k) and Wychwood Surgery Care Fund (£10k).