Cancer Active

Analysis

Cancer Active is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04906693). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cancer Active reported income of £83k and spending of £101k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £97k to £83k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cancer Active 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 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation (£83k), Busy Bees Playgroup (Brockworth) (£83k) and Heckington Pre School Playgroup (£83k).