Pancreatic Cancer Action

Analysis

Pancreatic Cancer Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in August 2010, 16 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 07272699). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pancreatic Cancer Action reported income of £635k and spending of £766k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £754k to £635k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pancreatic Cancer Action sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carers' Support (Bexley) (£635k), Practical Tools Initiative Limited (£636k) and The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Charitable Fund (£635k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 54% of spending and raising funds 44%. Reserves of £98k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.

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.