Benefits calculator

You can use the Macmillan Benefits calculator if you have cancer or are caring for someone with cancer. You can use it on behalf of someone else.

Benefits can change and your circumstances may change and so it’s worth checking regularly to see if you’re claiming everything you’re entitled to. 

The Macmillan Benefits Calculator cannot provide accurate results for the following groups as different rules apply. This includes people who are:

• in prison
• a student
• aged under 18
• living outside the UK
• living permanently in residential care or a nursing home
• not a British or Irish citizen
• on strike.

This criteria also applies to the person applying and anyone else in the household. 

If you are in one of these groups and you have more questions, call the Macmillan Support Line free on 0808 808 00 00, 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm.  You can also email us or chat online.

To get the most accurate results, you will need the following information to hand:

• details of what you spend each month, such as mortgage, rent or childcare payments
• existing benefits and pensions, including anyone living with you
• savings
• household income, including your partner’s, if you have one. For example, recent payslips.

If you run out of time or need to take a break, you can save your answers and come back to it later.

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You will be emailed the results from the calculator. Your results will help you find out which means-tested benefits you might be entitled to, but it does not guarantee you will get them.

The calculator is a free and anonymous tool. Your answers are kept private and never shared with anyone. It's important to be as accurate as possible so it can check what you could be entitled to.

You can call the Macmillan Support Line team if you need to complete the benefits calculator through an interpreter. Call 0808 808 00 00 and tell us, in English, the language you need.

The calculator estimates which means-tested benefits you could be entitled to, based on the answers you give about your income and savings.

Our benefits calculator cannot guarantee that you are able to receive benefits. If your circumstances change, this could affect the outcome and you will need to begin a new estimate. For example, if you move in with a partner or start working.

The benefits calculator will not work for some people. For example, if you are under 18 or not a British or Irish citizen, you will not be able to use the calculator for an estimate. If this applies to you, you will need to speak to a specialist adviser.

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