The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund

Analysis

The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £5,802, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £11k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 District Leukaemia Fund sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Aid to Kosovo (£11k), Emmanuel Community Church Duffield (£11k) and Action and Compassion for Tanzania (£11k).