Cancer Relief UK

Analysis

Cancer Relief UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in February 2008, 18 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 06468625). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Cancer Relief UK reported income of £229k and spending of £186k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £195k to £229k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 323%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Relief UK sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Uloom Kantharia Trust (£229k), Al-Hikmeh Foundation (£229k) and Stepping Stones Collaboration for Recovery and Wellbeing (£228k).