Force Cancer Charity

Analysis

Force Cancer Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 07529991). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Force Cancer Charity reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.8m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Force Cancer Charity sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Loseley Christian Trust (£1.4m), South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds (£1.4m) and The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 57%, donations and legacies 35%, investments 4.6% and charitable activities 2.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £208k. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 32%. Grants to other organisations totalled £27k. Reserves of £936k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 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.