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Beat:cancer

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1169212ReadingHealth and saving lives
Income£31k2025-12-31
Spending£33ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause45th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Beat:cancer is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Beat:cancer reported income of £31k and spending of £33k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £31k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 242%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beat:cancer sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Counselling for Health (£31k), Tiddington Community Centre (£31k) and Trinant Community Centre (£31k).

Income and spending

£0£8,315£17k£25k£33k2021 Income: £12,6402021 Spending: £15,11020212022 Income: £19,7122022 Spending: £15,12920222023 Income: £3,0722023 Spending: £7,98120232024 Income: £10,4922024 Spending: £7,03020242025 Income: £31,2592025 Spending: £33,2592025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We run concerts festivals, club nights and events across the UK, alongside releasing music both physically and digitally.These activities are all in aid of raising funds to then provide grants to cancer research, treatment and care facilities across the UK. We target our grants toward non-profit organisations and non animal testing research.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Counselling for HealthUnited Kingdom£31k
Tiddington Community CentreStratford-Upon-Avon£31k
Trinant Community CentreGwent£31k
The Burford Relief in Need CharityBurford£31k