The Rosemere Cancer Foundation

Analysis

The Rosemere Cancer Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rosemere Cancer Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.5m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £706k to £1.8m (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Rosemere Cancer Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Hobson Charity Limited (£1.8m), Hillside Clubhouse (£1.8m) and Northampton Saints Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66%, charitable activities 29%, trading 2.4% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £787k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.