The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund

Analysis

The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Maze Pond. It was registered in May 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund reported income of £192k and spending of £287k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £209k to £192k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Battle Cancer Program (£192k), The Spearhead Trust at Bells Farmhouse (£192k) and Philadelphia Cricket and Community Club (£192k).