Cancer Support Yorkshire

Analysis

Cancer Support Yorkshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1987, 39 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cancer Support Yorkshire reported income of £581k and spending of £947k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £525k to £581k (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cancer Support Yorkshire sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St David's Medical Foundation (£580k), The Ramc Charity (£581k) and The Estuary League of Friends (£579k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, donations and legacies 27% and trading 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £110k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.2%. Reserves of £592k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

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.