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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.

Understand impact evidence
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
100 90% £1.7m Local
100 96% £554k UK-wide
98 96% £523k Local
97 79% £1.1m UK-wide
96 92% £502k UK-wide
95 86% £868k UK-wide
95 99% £696k UK-wide
93 97% £3.4m Local
93 78% £2.3m UK-wide
93 78% £2.2m UK-wide
92 86% £2.9m UK-wide
91 72% £710k Local
90 83% £4.2m UK-wide
90 82% £3.8m Local
90 70% £2.9m UK-wide
90 82% £2.8m UK-wide
89 80% £1.9m Local
89 93% £1.2m Local
88 76% £22m Local
88 69% £1.5m Local
88 95% £857k UK-wide
88 72% £630k UK-wide
87 82% £4.7m UK-wide
85 73% £34m UK-wide
85 80% £826k Local
84 72% £28m UK-wide
83 64% £735m UK-wide
83 75% £46m UK-wide
83 74% £4.2m UK-wide
83 78% £730k UK-wide
82 84% £1.8m Local
81 88% £2.4m UK-wide
80 71% £181m UK-wide
80 60% £21m UK-wide
80 63% £21m UK-wide
80 58% £5.9m Local
80 58% £2.5m UK-wide
80 59% £634k UK-wide
79 75% £2.1m UK-wide
79 68% £1.6m Local
79 60% £1.2m UK-wide
79 46% £933k Local
78 54% £59m UK-wide
78 77% £15m UK-wide
78 87% £1.4m Local
76 71% £8.7m UK-wide
76 58% £974k UK-wide
75 69% £246m UK-wide
75 55% £26m UK-wide
75 69% £5.2m UK-wide
74 26% £8.6m UK-wide
74 100% £986k UK-wide
73 58% £3.6m UK-wide
73 60% £1.4m Local
73 78% £663k UK-wide
71 74% £2.3m UK-wide
71 75% £1.5m Local
71 92% £864k Local
71 72% £519k UK-wide
70 66% £1.8m UK-wide

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