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PANCREATIC CANCER UK

Registered charity 1112708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC046392 (OSCR)

Latest income
£13.7m
Latest spending
£14.8m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income reached a record-breaking £13.7 million, an increase of 9% from the previous year, while total expenditure was £14.8 million. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £1.67 million against a stated policy target of £1.55 million for operating contingency, indicating reserves are above the stated policy level.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1,550,000 (held: £1.7m)
“The Trustees undertook a review of the charity’s reserves policy during the year and have determined a level of free reserves to be held sufficient to provide an operating cost contingency of £1,550,000 (2023/24 £1,550,000) which would fund three months’ salaries, 12 months’ rent and approximately one month of all other costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations of £2,716 (2024: £34,275) were received from the Trustees in the year.
“14. Related party transactions Aggregate donations of £2,716 (2024: £34,275) were received from the Trustees in the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Pancreatic Cancer UK Trading Limited
“A wholly owned trading subsidiary was opened on 31st March 2022, Pancreatic Cancer UK Trading Limited. The trading subsidiary is used to manage retail activity, licensing and future trading activity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£13.7m
Total spending
£14.8m
Cost of raising funds
£6.0m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
118

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£13.7m£14.8m
31/03/2024£12.6m£13.0m
31/03/2023£11.5m£11.0m
31/03/2022£9.3m£9.1m
31/03/2021£8.6m£5.6m

Common questions

Is PANCREATIC CANCER UK financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income reached a record-breaking £13.7 million, an increase of 9% from the previous year, while total expenditure was £14.8 million. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £1.67 million against a stated policy target of £1.55 million for operating contingency, indicating reserves are above the stated policy level. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PANCREATIC CANCER UK as a grant recipient include THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, GOFUNDME.ORG.UK, RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATION, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.0m
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£850k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£90k
GOFUNDME.ORG.UKFY2025£61k
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATIONFY2025£20k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£13k
THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£13k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£11k
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£11k
THE AJS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2024£10k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10k
THE PERSIMMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUSTFY2024£10k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2024£5k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LIGHT FUND COMPANYFY2023£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£5k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£4k
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2025£2k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£2k
THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUSTFY2024£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2025£700
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BURESFY2023£631
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£400
THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUNDFY2025£300
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARKS FOREST GATEFY2023£100
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARKS FOREST GATEFY2022£24
D D MCPHAIL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT CIOFY2024£0
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£0
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2024£0
THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUSTFY2025£0

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THE PENNIES FOUNDATION3£156k
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THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST3£20k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST3£14k
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATION2£618k
OPTIGENE FOUNDATION2£476k
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST2£340k

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