PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION

Registered charity 1137689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCA · also registered in Scotland as SC049777 (OSCR)

PROVIDE SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.TO SUFFERERS OF PANCREATIC CANCER,THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE , BOOKLETS, MEDIA ARTICLES.ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AMONGST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM DIAGNOSIS TO PALLIATIVE CARE. ACITIVITES HAVE INCLUDED GP LECTURES, GP TRAINING MODULES AND WRITTEN ARTICLES IN VAIROUS MEDIA.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO PANCREATIC CANCER.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net deficit of £131,054 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with incoming resources of £635,334 against total expenditure of £766,388. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £98,337, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining six months of operating expenditure. The auditor noted that the charity is experiencing cash flow pressures and is reliant on improved financial performance to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 54.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Giulio Codacci-Pisanellichair
• DAVID CHARLES SLATER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Christopher Ross Carter
• Elspeth Millar Cowan
• Gabriella Lesca
• NEVILLE NORBERT MENEZES
• Naomi Barbara Longworth
• Rachael Legg · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy William MATTHEWS

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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Government & lottery funding

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