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Cancer research, support and hospice care. 90 cancer charities rated. This is the ranked list. For how to choose within the cause, use the review below.

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Choosing cancer support

  1. 1. PurposeDecide whether to support research, patient support, prevention or end-of-life care.
  2. 2. AccessCheck the named service and referral route; research funding is different from access to treatment.
  3. 3. EvidenceRead outcomes in context: research timelines, contacts and patient experience answer different questions.

Selection questions from CharityCompare. Confirm current services with the charity; Clarity Scores assess financial and disclosure proxies, not programme effectiveness.

Explore the differences

Understand impact evidence
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
THE MARY HOW TRUST FOR CANCER PREVENTION 100 90% £1.7m Local
FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER 100 96% £554k UK-wide
BATH CANCER UNIT SUPPORT GROUP 98 96% £523k Local
THE JOSHUA TREE - SUPPORTING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCERS 97 79% £1.1m UK-wide
Melanoma Focus 96 92% £502k UK-wide
Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust 95 86% £868k UK-wide
NEUROENDOCRINE CANCER UK 95 99% £696k UK-wide
MACMILLAN CARING LOCALLY 93 97% £3.4m Local
ELLEN MACARTHUR CANCER TRUST 93 78% £2.3m UK-wide
Prevent Breast Cancer 93 78% £2.2m UK-wide
Solving Kids' Cancer UK 92 86% £2.9m UK-wide
THE NIGHTINGALE CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE 91 72% £710k Local
CHAI-LIFELINE CANCER CARE 90 83% £4.2m UK-wide
CRIS CANCER FOUNDATION 90 82% £3.8m Local
LYMPHOMA ACTION 90 70% £2.9m UK-wide
ALEXANDER DEVINE CHILDREN'S CANCER TRUST 90 82% £2.8m UK-wide
CANCERCARE (NORTH LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA) 89 80% £1.9m Local
LATCH WELSH CHILDREN'S CANCER CHARITY 89 93% £1.2m Local
DOUGLAS MACMILLAN HOSPICE 88 76% £22m Local
LINGEN DAVIES CANCER FUND CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION 88 69% £1.5m Local
CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH TRUST 88 95% £857k UK-wide
AFRICAN CARIBBEAN LEUKAEMIA TRUST 88 72% £630k UK-wide
CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER CHARITY 87 82% £4.7m UK-wide
THE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY 85 73% £34m UK-wide
CAVENDISH CANCER CARE 85 80% £826k Local
YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH 84 72% £28m UK-wide
CANCER RESEARCH UK 83 64% £735m UK-wide
PROSTATE CANCER UK 83 75% £46m UK-wide
BONE CANCER RESEARCH TRUST 83 74% £4.2m UK-wide
ORCHID CANCER APPEAL 83 78% £730k UK-wide
THE ROSEMERE CANCER FOUNDATION 82 84% £1.8m Local
FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA FOUNDATION 81 88% £2.4m UK-wide
MARIE CURIE 80 71% £181m UK-wide
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST 80 60% £21m UK-wide
Blood Cancer UK Research 80 63% £21m UK-wide
CANCER RESEARCH WALES 80 58% £5.9m Local
LEUKAEMIA CARE 80 58% £2.5m UK-wide
PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION 80 59% £634k UK-wide
BREAST CANCER UK LIMITED 79 75% £2.1m UK-wide
FORCE CANCER CHARITY 79 68% £1.6m Local
TEENS UNITE FIGHTING CANCER 79 60% £1.2m UK-wide
HELEN ROLLASON HEAL CANCER CHARITY LIMITED 79 46% £933k Local
BREAST CANCER NOW 78 54% £59m UK-wide
THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY 78 77% £15m UK-wide
ACHEINU CANCER SUPPORT 78 87% £1.4m Local
BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH 76 71% £8.7m UK-wide
BEECHWOOD CANCER CARE CENTRE 76 58% £974k UK-wide
MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT 75 69% £246m UK-wide
CLIC SARGENT CANCER CARE FOR CHILDREN 75 55% £26m UK-wide
PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH 75 69% £5.2m UK-wide
TENOVUS CANCER CARE 74 26% £8.6m UK-wide
CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTRE OF LEBANON (UK) LIMITED 74 100% £986k UK-wide
Leukaemia UK 73 58% £3.6m UK-wide
Wessex Cancer Support 73 60% £1.4m Local
KIDS CANCER CHARITY 73 78% £663k UK-wide
NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH (INCORPORATING CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER RESEARCH CCR) 71 74% £2.3m UK-wide
YORK AGAINST CANCER 71 75% £1.5m Local
DAFT AS A BRUSH CANCER PATIENT CARE CHARITABLE TRUST 71 92% £864k Local
CHILDHOOD EYE CANCER TRUST 71 72% £519k UK-wide
GYNAECOLOGY CANCER RESEARCH FUND 70 66% £1.8m UK-wide

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