Firefly Cancer Awareness and Support Limited

Analysis

Firefly Cancer Awareness and Support Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07114599). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Firefly Cancer Awareness and Support Limited reported income of £469k and spending of £451k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £274k to £469k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Firefly Cancer Awareness and Support Limited sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swansea Community Farm (£469k), The Food Chain (UK) Limited (£469k) and Vision Care for Homeless People (£469k).