Shout at Cancer

Analysis

Shout at Cancer is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 09555249). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Shout at Cancer reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £37k to £15k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shout at Cancer sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Carshalton Park Trust Fund (£15k), British Society for Matrix Biology (£15k) and Anaesthetic Research Society (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.