European Association for Cancer Research

Analysis

European Association for Cancer Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 07682372). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, European Association for Cancer Research reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.6m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.9m (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, European Association for Cancer Research sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Hardship and Relief Trust (£2.9m), Lymphoma Action (£2.9m) and St John's Winchester (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 9.1% and trading 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.