Relay For Life

Name

Relay For Life

Website

https://plymouthrelay.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Relay For Life is a UK-based non-profit community fundraising festival in Plymouth focused on cancer-related fundraising, founded in 2015. The only verifiable web presence is a parked domain, leaving operational activity, donor base, and financial scale unconfirmable from available data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Fundraising Events

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Fundraisers & Charity Events (Gala/Walks excluded) (MPAGAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sports Fundraising & Development Services (Foundations, NIL Collectives Support) (MPAKAKAK), Fundraising & Annual Giving (EDALAOAB)

Keywords

• Community fundraising events
• Cancer charity fundraising
• Nonprofit fundraising festivals
• Volunteer fundraising relay
• Charity event organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Plymouth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Relay For Life is a non-profit festival celebrating the power of community fundraising in the fight to beat cancer. It organizes and hosts community-driven fundraising relay events that bring together volunteers, survivors, and donors to raise funds for cancer-related charitable purposes. The organization relies on grassroots participation, donations, and event sponsorship rather than commercial product sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Relay For Life Community Fundraising Festival

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Direct peers

• Stand Up To Cancer UK: Joint fundraising initiative from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 running high-profile community fundraising events. Comparable as a UK cancer fundraising brand using event-based community mobilization.
• Cancer Research UK (Race for Life): Operator of the UK's largest mass-participation cancer fundraising event series. Directly competes for the same donor, sponsor, and participant pools using a similar community-based event format in the same UK geography.
• CLIC Sargent (Young Lives vs Cancer): UK cancer charity that runs community fundraising events and challenges. Comparable as a UK cancer-focused nonprofit competing for charitable donations, volunteer time, and event participation.
• Walk the Walk (The MoonWalk): UK charity organizing MoonWalk overnight walking events to raise money for breast cancer. Closely comparable format (overnight community walks) and mission overlap within UK cancer fundraising.

Broad incumbents

• Macmillan Cancer Support: One of the UK's largest cancer charities, running extensive community fundraising events and corporate partnerships. Comparable as a UK-based cancer nonprofit competing for the same charitable giving pool.
• American Cancer Society (Relay For Life program): The originator and global operator of the Relay For Life community fundraising model. Directly comparable brand and event format, and the dominant incumbent whose UK presence creates both inspiration and brand-overlap risk for the subject company.
• Cancer Research UK: The UK's leading cancer research charity and a major organizer of community fundraising events including Race for Life. Highly comparable nonprofit mission, UK geography, and fundraising model.
• Marie Curie UK: Major UK end-of-life and cancer-care charity with extensive community fundraising programs. Comparable as a UK cancer-adjacent nonprofit competing for donor share and corporate sponsorships.

Emerging players

• Pretty Muddy (Cancer Research UK): Obstacle-course variant within Cancer Research UK's Race for Life series, attracting younger and family demographics. Comparable as a non-traditional, festival-style cancer fundraising event format.
• Shine Cancer Support: UK charity supporting younger adults with cancer, running community events and fundraising activities. Comparable as a smaller UK cancer-focused nonprofit running community-driven fundraising events.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/relay-for-life-plymouth

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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