Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil Ltd

Analysis

Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 04899059). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil Ltd reported income of £198k and spending of £220k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £169k to £198k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil Ltd sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stephens and George Centenary Charitable Trust (£198k), The West Wales Grand Charity (£198k) and Unleashed Theatre Company (£198k).

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.