Teenage Cancer Trust

Registered charity 1062559 · since 1997teenagecancertrust.org·United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Teenage Cancer Trust's stated work centres on specialist nurses, youth support workers and NHS hospital units for young people with cancer, so check closely that your project fits that focus before getting in touch.
Its annual report gives no readable grants figure, and its register entry shows no grants to institutions in the most recent figures, so there is no published typical grant size to plan a request around.
No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown there to ask whether it accepts approaches.
Its stated geographic priority is the four nations of the UK, and nothing in its published material sets out who may or may not apply.

Overview

Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1062559).

Teenage Cancer Trust exists to ensure every young person with cancer has the best treatment, care and support, with the long-term aim that young people's lives do not stop because they have cancer. It describes its 28 specialist units as the only nationwide network of specialist treatment centres supporting young people with cancer. Its programmes cover the development, construction and support of teenage cancer units, regional services for TYA cancers, and funding for national initiatives for all young people with cancer.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Teenage Cancer Trust focuses on ensuring young people with cancer receive specialist, age-appropriate care and support. It funds specialist nurses, youth support workers and hospital units within the NHS, providing dedicated staff and facilities during treatment. Its UK work also includes regional outreach nurses and services intended to extend access to specialist care across the four nations. The charity supports healthcare professionals to develop their skills and improve care and outcomes in teenage and young adult cancer services. Its approach combines clinical and youth support, age-appropriate environments, information, events and policy work, with young people at the heart of what it does.

Themes

Specialist nurses
Youth support workers
NHS hospital units

Geographic Focus

Priority: The four nations of the UK.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Teenage Cancer Trust.

The Boparan Charitable TrustNo public processGave £605k The Little Princess TrustRollingGave £4.9M Banga Family TrustRollingGave £227k Children with Cancer UKMixed deadlinesGave £4.2M The Azaylia FoundationNo public processGave £171k John Armitage Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £7.2M Brian Murtagh Charitable TrustRollingGave £429k The Bob Champion Cancer TrustNo public processGave £213k CCLG - The Children & Young People's Cancer AssociationFixed deadlinesGave £3.9M The True Colours TrustMixed deadlinesGave £1.5M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£16,342,023	£15,753,245	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£18,661,195	£19,005,715	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£16,116,561	£21,646,717	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£19,842,506	£18,885,462	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£21,127,775	£20,249,013	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.