ORCHID CANCER APPEAL

Registered charity 1080540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORCHID

Every year over 58,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate, testicular or penile cancer in the UK. Orchid Cancer Appeal supports anyone affected by or interested in male specific cancers through a range of support services led by Male Cancer Information Nurse Specialists, awareness campaigns such as the Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week, education and training programmes and world class research.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £83,859 for the year, resulting in total reserves falling to £273,155 from £357,014 the previous year. The trustees noted a degree of uncertainty regarding future donation income but concluded there is a reasonable expectation of adequate resources to continue operations. Free reserves of £94,199 are currently below the newly adopted policy target of £144,000–£192,000, which represents 9-12 months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Orchid Cancer (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BADENOCH
• Jeremy Shedden
• WARREN COHEN

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• PROSTATE CANCER UK income £45.5m
• IT'S IN THE BAG CANCER SUPPORT LTD income £256k
• THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS income £420k
• PCASO PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT ORGANISATION income £186k
• BOB CHAMPION CANCER TRUST income £555k
• THE PROSTATE PROJECT income £493k

Side by side with its peers

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