OPA Cancer Charity

Registered charity 1194327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as O.P.A., THE OESOPHAGEAL PATIENTS ASSOCIATION

(1) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THOSE AFFECTED BY OESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC CANCER; (2) RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AMONG THOSE AFFECTED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND (3) PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING AND COLLABORATING WITH RESEARCH PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDITIONS.

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Latest income
£224k
Latest spending
£276k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a cover page for unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025. It does not contain financial data, reserves, or narrative regarding the charity's financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£244k
Total spending
£204k
Cost of raising funds
£51k
Reserves (reported)
£366k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~21.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£224k£276k
31/12/2024£241k£252k
31/12/2023£274k£193k
31/12/2022£604k£204k
31/12/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is OPA Cancer Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a cover page for unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025. It does not contain financial data, reserves, or narrative regarding the charity's financial health.

Who funds OPA Cancer Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OPA Cancer Charity as a grant recipient include The Patricia Routledge Foundation, THE PIERREPONT TRUST, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE SIR JAMES ROLL 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 Fund13/03/2020£10kRaising Awareness
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2014£10kAction Against Heartburn

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OPA Cancer Charity£224k—0unclear—no doubt
SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL TRUST FY2024£17.7m—0unclear—no doubt
BUTTERFLY THYROID CANCER TRUST FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£937k—0unclear—no doubt
MISSION REMISSION FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF LEWES VICTORIA HOSPITAL FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt

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