Melanoma UK

Analysis

Melanoma UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 08180701). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Melanoma UK reported income of £212k and spending of £204k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £265k to £212k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 67%. 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, Melanoma UK sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hopmarket Charity (£212k), Age Concern Bishop's Stortford (£212k) and Paediatric Critical Care Society (£212k).