The Plymouth and Cornwall Cancer Fund

Analysis

The Plymouth and Cornwall Cancer Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in November 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Plymouth and Cornwall Cancer Fund reported income of £148k and spending of £110k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £46k to £148k (+220%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Plymouth and Cornwall Cancer Fund sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compassion Mahayana Buddhist Centre (£148k), Church of the Living God Hanworth 2009 (£148k) and Fleet Phoenix (£148k).