Clatterbridge Cancer Charity

Analysis

Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in March 2023, 3 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 14732055). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Clatterbridge Cancer Charity reported income of £4.7m and spending of £2.3m, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income fell from £6.6m to £4.7m (-29%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Clatterbridge Cancer Charity sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Goodman Foundation (£4.7m), Tlc: Talk, Listen, Change (£4.7m) and Helen Bamber Foundation (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 15%, trading 4.4% and investments 3.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.5m. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Grants to other organisations totalled £918k. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.