Planets Cancer Charity

Analysis

Planets Cancer Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Planets Cancer Charity reported income of £378k and spending of £243k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £135k to £378k (+179%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 246%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Planets Cancer Charity sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Maypole Project (£378k), Bridewell Organic Gardens (£378k) and Millennium Farm Trust (£378k).