British Thoracic Oncology Group

Analysis

British Thoracic Oncology Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2016, 10 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 09816385). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Thoracic Oncology Group reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.5m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £1.7m (+8599%), an average of +205% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2600%. 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, British Thoracic Oncology Group sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Health Visiting (£1.7m), The Shoreditch Trust (£1.7m) and Talkback-Uk Ltd (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 64% and charitable activities 36%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £717k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.