LYMPHOMA ACTION

Registered charity 1068395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LYMPHOMA ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC045850 (OSCR)

To ensure that those affected by lymphomas have access to relevant, accurate and timely information and support.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING BY PERSONS WITH LYMPHOMAS AND OTHER BLOOD CANCERS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT AND TREATMENT 2) THE PROMOTION, FUNDING AND PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH INTO LYMPHOMAS AND OTHER BLOOD CANCERS, INCLUDING THE CAUSES, THE TREATMENTS AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES3) ACTIVITIES TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF LYMPHOMAS AND OTHER BLOOD CANCERS, TO ENCOURAGE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO THEIR TREATMENT AND RESEARCH AND TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE LYMPHOMA ASSOCIATION'S SERVICES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a strong financial position with total income of £2,863,035 and a net surplus of £375,553 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Free unrestricted reserves were held at £2,892,751, which the trustees confirmed represents 12 months of unrestricted annual expenditure, exceeding their stated minimum prudent level. The charity has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.9m)
“the Trustees consider a minimum of 12 months to be a prudent reserves level to ensure patients are adequately supported in the event of closure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 250
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 247
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 256
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lymphoma Action (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.5m
Cost of raising funds
£740k
Reserves (reported)
£4.4m
Employees
44

Reported reserves equal ~21.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 25.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.9m£2.5m
31/12/2024£2.6m£2.2m
31/12/2023£2.2m£2.1m
31/12/2022£2.1m£1.8m
31/12/2021£3.5m£1.5m

Common questions

Is LYMPHOMA ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a strong financial position with total income of £2,863,035 and a net surplus of £375,553 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Free unrestricted reserves were held at £2,892,751, which the trustees confirmed represents 12 months of unrestricted annual expenditure, exceeding their stated minimum prudent level. The charity has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds LYMPHOMA ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LYMPHOMA ACTION as a grant recipient include THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST, THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED, DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2020£100kCovid-19 Emergency Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£10kLymphoma Specific Information Booklets
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£318kLive Your Life - Living with and beyond Lymphoma

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION1£3k
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£3k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MLD UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LYMPHOMA ACTION£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
MLD UK FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL LYMPHOEDEMA FRAMEWORK FY2025£491k—0unclear—no doubt
Ocular Melanoma UK FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER FY2025£554k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.