British Association for Cancer Research

Analysis

British Association for Cancer Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glasgow. It was registered in May 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Association for Cancer Research reported income of £185k and spending of £189k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £104k to £185k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 257%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Association for Cancer Research sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 Difficult Airway Society (£185k), Bridges Tees Valley (£185k) and The Wight Aid Foundation (£185k).

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.