PLANETS CANCER CHARITY

Registered charity 1175572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PLANETS helps patients with pancreatic, liver, colorectal, abdominal and neuroendocrine cancer by funding patient support groups, innovative treatments and research.

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

Latest income
£378k
Latest spending
£243k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £135,269 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £598,772. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover one year of governance, management, fundraising, and administration, and they expect reserves to reduce over the next two years to service specific projects. The charity confirms it will operate normally for at least 12 months with no 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

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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Devon · Dorset · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Portsmouth City · Southampton City · Surrey · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£378k£243k
31/03/2024£420k£237k
31/03/2023£174k£209k
31/03/2022£468k£319k
31/03/2021£135k£185k

Common questions

Is PLANETS CANCER CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £135,269 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £598,772. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover one year of governance, management, fundraising, and administration, and they expect reserves to reduce over the next two years to service specific projects. The charity confirms it will operate normally for at least 12 months with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PLANETS CANCER CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PLANETS CANCER CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE ASTOR FOUNDATION, THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kMedical
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2025£18kProject Cancer Coaching
UK government23/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PLANETS CANCER CHARITY£378k—0unclear—no doubt
PANCREATIC CANCER UK FY2025£13.7m——unclear42.0%no doubt
PELICAN CANCER FOUNDATION FY2025£415k—0above—no doubt
PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH FUND FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PLYMOUTH AND CORNWALL CANCER FUND FY2025£148k—0unclear—no doubt
CANCER 52 FY2025£363k—0within—no doubt

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