The Chartwell Cancer Trust

Registered charity 1109784 · since 2005chartwellcancertrust.co.uk·Kent, London, Surrey·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work supports adults or children with cancer or leukaemia, their families or hospital teams, it fits the trust's stated themes, and South London, North Kent and East Surrey are given as priorities rather than limits.
The annual report gave no readable grants figure and no grant range is stated, so you will need to judge a realistic request yourself, perhaps by asking the trust directly.
The stated route runs through hospital teams, who identify a staffing or equipment need and apply, so a small nonprofit would do best to work with a ward or oncology team to shape a request that meets its wish list.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so there is no deadline to wait for.
Nothing published about the trust says how competitive funding is, but the trust says its medical teams' wish lists guide its support, so relationships with those teams look central.

Overview

The Chartwell Cancer Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1109784).

The Chartwell Cancer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales whose purpose is the relief of people suffering from cancer and leukaemia. It was established to provide financial support to the Chartwell Unit at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough, Kent, or to other hospitals or organisations the trustees choose. Its work covers NHS staffing and training, refurbishment and facilities upgrades, clinical equipment and research, childhood cancer support groups, therapeutic play resources and remote education technology.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The trust aims to improve treatment and care for adults and children living with cancer and leukaemia, and to assist oncology patients of all ages, their families and hospital staff teams. It raises vital funds for cancer patients across South London, North Kent and East Surrey, and works directly with medical teams so resources are used where they are needed most. Its support helps NHS oncology services with staffing and training, refurbishment and facilities upgrades, clinical equipment and research apparatus. It also funds childhood cancer support groups, therapeutic play resources on wards and remote education technology, alongside support for children and families. The trust aims to meet medical teams’ ward wish lists and provide enhancements to patient care.

Themes

NHS staffing and training
Refurbishment and facilities upgrades
Clinical equipment and research
Childhood cancer support groups
Therapeutic play resources
Remote education technology

Geographic Focus

Priority: South London; North Kent; East Surrey.

How to apply

The hospital identifies a staffing or vital-equipment requirement and applies to the charity. The charity reviews available funds and agrees a fixed period for funding staff wages.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Medical teams’ wish lists guide the trust’s support for the wards it supports.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 May 2021	£886,605	£953,611	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2021
year to 31 May 2022	£582,545	£725,242	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2022
year to 31 May 2023	£731,250	£673,649	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2023
year to 31 May 2024	£646,999	£676,289	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2024
year to 31 May 2025	£627,035	£617,979	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 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.