The Harley Staples Cancer Trust

Analysis

The Harley Staples Cancer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oakham. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Harley Staples Cancer Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £16k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 252% 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 Harley Staples Cancer Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shed Wymondham (£16k), The Ollie and Amelia Carroll Foundation (£16k) and Medical Equestrian Association (£16k).