Lung Cancer Research

Analysis

Lung Cancer Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2022, 4 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 December 2025, Lung Cancer Research reported income of £40k and spending of £84k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £9,071 to £40k (+339%), an average of +110% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 647%. Over the whole period it spent 254% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lung Cancer Research sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kd-Uk, Kennedy's Disease UK (£40k), Kairos Media Trust (£40k) and The Swan Song Project (£40k).

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.