CANCER RESEARCH UK
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Cancer Research UK is dedicated to saving lives through research. Our mission is to prevent, control and cure cancer through our ground-breaking research and in the last 40 years our work has helped double survival rates. But there is more work to be done. The only charity fighting over 200 types of cancer, we rely on every pound donated to help get us closer to beating cancer.
Latest income
£735m
Expenditure
£715m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £582m | £571m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £668m | £666m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £719m | £641m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £684m | £692m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £735m | £715m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £530m |
| Charitable activities | £59.0m |
| Trading | £135m |
| Investment income | £8.1m |
| Total income | £735m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £453m |
| Raising funds | £130m |
| Grants to institutions | £307m |
| Governance | £6.4m |
| Total expenditure | £715m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £363m |
| Total funds | £363m |
| — restricted | £54.8m |
| — unrestricted | £309m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £363m |
| Cash | £24.9m |
People
| Employees | 5,169 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.