Lasting Memories Cancer Trust

Analysis

Lasting Memories Cancer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lasting Memories Cancer Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £21k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £20k (-7.1%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lasting Memories Cancer Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Small Steps Foundation (£20k), 1st Mendlesham Scout Group (£20k) and St Swithin's Community Centre (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.