The Jimmy Knapp Cancer Fund

Analysis

The Jimmy Knapp Cancer Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Jimmy Knapp Cancer Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,105 to £11k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 155% 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 Jimmy Knapp Cancer Fund sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El Telefono de LA Esperanza (£11k), Purple Warriors (£11k) and Aniridia Network (£11k).