Lingen Davies

What Lingen Davies does

Lingen Davies Cancer Fund is a UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation (registered charity number 1160922) founded in 1979 in Shrewsbury by Bernard Lingen, then Mayor of Shrewsbury, and Frank Davies, a local accountant. The charity funds equipment, technology, staff posts, and patient services for cancer treatment across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales, with a particular focus on the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Cancer Centre and the planned Princess Royal Hospital Telford Cancer Centre due to open in 2029. Last year the charity spent nearly £1 million on cancer services in the region and helped nearly 1,000 patients access over £4 million in welfare benefits through its Welfare Rights Service, while an estimated 4,500+ new patients benefit annually from Lingen Davies-funded services.

The operating model is a community-led fundraising charity with six primary revenue streams: individual donations (one-time and recurring via the Friends of Lingen Davies scheme), a Unity Lottery partnership (£1 per week, prizes up to £25,000), trust and foundation grants, corporate partnerships with 30+ local businesses, legacy giving (nearly £1 million received since 2017), and challenge/community events. Services span a Wellbeing Programme (yoga, tai chi, horticultural therapy, art workshops, oncology massage), the LiveLife Cancer Awareness Service (mobile health promotion), Cancer Champions volunteer training (with NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin ICB), the iCan rehabilitation programme (with Lifestyle Fitness), free legal clinics (with four solicitor firms), and complementary therapy (with Severn Hospice). The flagship current initiative is the £5 million Sunflower Appeal to fund a new Cancer Centre at Princess Royal Hospital Telford, intended to double chemotherapy capacity across the region.

Governance is by a 13-member board of trustees drawn from medical, accountancy, HR, business, and banking backgrounds. Day-to-day operations are run by a small staff team (headcount band 11–50), with service delivery channelled primarily through NHS hospital facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (the Hamar Centre and Lingen Davies Cancer Centre) and a community wellbeing network across 20+ locations. Technology usage is limited to standard nonprofit infrastructure: a WordPress website, Stripe for payment processing, Cloudflare for delivery, and social channels on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Name

Lingen Davies

Legal name

Lingen Davies Cancer Fund

Website

https://lingendavies.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lingen Davies Cancer Fund is a Shrewsbury-based UK charity (founded 1979) that funds cancer treatment equipment, staff, and patient services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales, currently running a £5 million Sunflower Appeal to build a new Cancer Centre.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cancer Support and Healthcare Charity Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Assistance & Benefits Navigation Services (BPAGAEAK), Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK)

Keywords

• Cancer support services
• Cancer fundraising charity
• Cancer awareness education
• NHS hospital funding
• Cancer wellbeing programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

Shrewsbury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individuals, including online donations, phone donations, BACS transfers, and regular monthly giving through the Friends of Lingen Davies scheme.
2. Lottery: Lingen Davies Lottery operated through Unity Lottery at £1 per week, offering prizes up to £25,000. Last year lottery players helped raise over £4,000.
3. Trusts and Foundations: Grant funding from trusts and foundations to support cancer services throughout the region. In the last year, nearly £1 million was spent on cancer services.
4. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with local businesses providing sponsorship, charity of the year arrangements, and workplace giving programs.
5. Legacies: Bequests and gifts in Wills. Since 2017, nearly £1 million has been received from legacy giving.
6. Events and Fundraising: Revenue from organized events including challenge events, community fundraisers, annual raffles, and third-party events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Lingen Davies is a charitable organisation (CIO) that funds and delivers cancer treatment, awareness, and wellbeing services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales. Its offerings include funding for NHS equipment, staff, and facilities (e.g., radiotherapy machines, hospital cancer centres), free wellbeing activities for patients and families, mobile cancer awareness outreach, welfare rights financial support, free legal clinics, community volunteer training, and active fundraising appeals and a weekly lottery. The Sunflower Appeal, a £5 million capital campaign to build a new Cancer Centre at Princess Royal Hospital, is its flagship current initiative.

Product overview

Lingen Davies Cancer Fund is the main cancer charity in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid-Wales, offering a portfolio of services rather than a single product. The flagship initiative is the Sunflower Appeal (£5 million campaign to build a new Cancer Centre at Princess Royal Hospital by 2029), which complements existing chemotherapy services at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Core services include the Wellbeing Programme (free activities including yoga, Pilates, tai chi, art workshops, horticultural therapy, and massage for cancer patients) and the LiveLife Cancer Awareness Service (mobile health promotion and cancer education). Additional support includes the Welfare Rights Service (£4 million accessed for patients annually), Free Legal Clinics in partnership with solicitors, Cancer Champions community training programme, and iCan cancer rehabilitation. Fundraising products include the Lingen Davies Lottery (prizes up to £25,000) and various events. The charity also funds equipment (LINAC radiotherapy machine) and facilities (Hamar Centre, Children's Rainbow Unit) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LiveLife Cancer Awareness Service: A free health-promotion service available to communities throughout Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales, helping prevent cancer by talking to the public, helping people recognise signs and symptoms, encouraging treatment earlier, and accept cancer screening invitations.
• Wellbeing Programme
• Sunflower Appeal
• Bins for Boys
• iCan
• Cancer Champions

Products and services

• Sunflower Appeal £5 million fundraising appeal to build a new Lingen Davies Cancer Centre at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, expected to open in 2029 and double chemotherapy capacity across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales.
• Wellbeing Programme Free-to-access wellbeing activities — including yoga, Pilates, tai chi, horticultural therapy, art workshops, sound baths, horse therapies, oncology massage, open water swimming, and creative programmes — for cancer patients and their families across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales.
• LiveLife Cancer Awareness Service Free mobile cancer awareness and health-promotion service operating across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales; helps communities recognise signs and symptoms of cancer, encourages screening uptake, and supports earlier treatment-seeking.
• Welfare Rights Service Free service that helps cancer patients claim welfare benefits they are entitled to following a cancer diagnosis; last year helped nearly 1,000 patients access over £4 million in support.
• Cancer Champions Community volunteer training programme run in partnership with NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin ICB and Qube to encourage cancer awareness and screening uptake, with a focus on communities where English is not their first language.
• iCan Cancer Rehabilitation Cancer rehabilitation service delivered in partnership with Lifestyle Fitness for those going through cancer and living beyond treatment; encourages and supports an active lifestyle across mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.
• Lingen Davies Lottery Weekly lottery operated through Unity Lottery at £1 per entry with prizes up to £25,000; proceeds fund clinic rooms and a CT scanner at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
• Free Legal Clinics Free legal advice clinics offered in partnership with local solicitors (Fodens, Lanyon Bowdler, Martin Kaye, PCB), hosted at the Macmillan Cancer Support Service within the Hamar Centre at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4500+ new patients benefit annually from Lingen Davies-funded services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep partnership for development of the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and future Cancer Centre at Princess Royal Hospital Telford. Collaboration includes the Hospitals Transformation Project and Sunflower Appeal.
• NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin ICBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking in partnership on cancer awareness projects including Cancer Champions program to reduce cancer mortality in the region.
• Qube (Oswestry-based community resource charity)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to raise cancer awareness in the wider community with focus on groups where English is not their first language.
• Lifestyle Fitness (iCan service)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRunning the iCan cancer support service aimed at those going through cancer and living beyond treatment to encourage active lifestyle.
• Severn HospiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for complementary therapy services for cancer patients.
• 4 All FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivering free cancer support wellbeing sessions at Harlescott Grange Community Centre in Shrewsbury.
• Cancer ChampionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity volunteer program training people to become cancer champions to encourage peers to be cancer aware and accept screening invites.
• Unity LotterycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperates the Lingen Davies Lottery providing weekly prize draws at £1 per entry with prizes up to £25,000.
• MuchLovedminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK's leading online tribute organization providing free tribute pages for loved ones lost to cancer.
• Free Legal Clinics Partners (Fodens, Lanyon Bowdler, Martin Kaye, PCB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFour local solicitor firms offering free legal clinics to cancer patients at the Hamar Centre.
• Corporate Partners (30+ local businesses)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOver 30 corporate partners including Cotteswold Dairy, Reech, PCB Solicitors, Morris Lubricants, and others supporting through Charity of the Year, fundraising events, and Cancer Champion programs.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Marie Curie: UK charity providing care and support for people with terminal illness including cancer, through hospices and home-based nursing. Overlaps in cancer/serious-illness support services and end-of-life wellbeing programmes, but operates nationally with clinical care delivery.
• Macmillan Cancer Support: UK's largest cancer charity providing information, support, and funding for NHS cancer services nationwide. Comparable in mission (cancer support, NHS partnership, welfare guidance) but operates at national scale across hundreds of hospitals, dwarfing Lingen Davies' regional footprint.
• Cancer Research UK: UK's leading cancer research and awareness charity, funding scientific research, public health campaigns, and information services. Comparable cancer-awareness component (LiveLife) and research-funding component, but operates nationally rather than within a single NHS region.

Direct peers

• Tenovus Cancer Care: Welsh cancer charity providing cancer support, research funding, and a mobile chemotherapy unit across Wales. Directly comparable regional nonprofit with similar mix of treatment support, wellbeing services, research funding, and community fundraising in an overlapping Welsh border geography.
• Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sargent): UK charity supporting children and young people with cancer and their families, providing clinical, financial, and emotional support within NHS paediatric oncology settings. Comparable hospital-embedded cancer support charity model serving defined regional populations.
• Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation: UK charity funding lung cancer research, prevention campaigns, and patient support. Comparable as a disease-specific cancer charity combining research funding, awareness/prevention work, and patient support services across UK regions.
• Maggie's: UK charity operating cancer support centres within NHS hospital grounds, offering psychological, social, and practical support to people with cancer. Closely comparable operating model: NHS-embedded centres, holistic support services, and regional fundraising to fund local infrastructure.
• The Christie Charity: Charitable fund for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, funding cancer treatment equipment, research, and patient services. Directly comparable as a regional hospital-affiliated cancer charity funding equipment, research, and enhanced patient services within a single NHS cancer centre.

Regional players

• Paul Sartori Hospice at Home: Pembrokeshire-based hospice charity providing end-of-life and cancer support services in West Wales. Comparable regional Welsh charity with community-based palliative support, fundraising events, and NHS partnership — though hospice-focused rather than treatment-funding.

Others

• Hospice UK: National charity supporting over 200 hospice and end-of-life care providers across the UK. Adjacent sector body relevant to Lingen Davies' wellbeing and palliative-support programming, and to its partnerships with Severn Hospice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LingenDaviesCancer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lingendavies
• Instagraminstagram.com/lingendavies

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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