The Acorn Cancer Support Group

Analysis

The Acorn Cancer Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Acorn Cancer Support Group reported income of £29k and spending of £17k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4,890 to £29k (+486%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 259%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Acorn Cancer Support Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gunness Village Hall Fund (£29k), The Queen Victoria Institute Fund (£29k) and Love4orphans International Charitable Trust (£29k).