Combat Cancer

Analysis

Combat Cancer is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2018, 8 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Combat Cancer reported income of £50k and spending of £55k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £50k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Combat Cancer sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Point One Project (£50k), Clinical Virology Network (£50k) and N Nasr Foundation (£50k).