Prevent Breast Cancer

Analysis

Prevent Breast Cancer is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 04831397). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Prevent Breast Cancer reported income of £2.2m and spending of £1.5m, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £672k to £2.2m (+223%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Prevent Breast Cancer sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Karuna Trust (£2.2m), Northamptonshire Mind (£2.2m) and The General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, charitable activities 5.1%, trading 3.0% and investments 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £146k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £29k. Reserves of £609k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.