The Simon and Suzanne McKenna Charity

Analysis

The Simon and Suzanne McKenna Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Simon and Suzanne McKenna Charity reported income of £16k and spending of £4,103, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £16k (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Simon and Suzanne McKenna Charity sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jarrow Unit 197 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£16k), Chelmsford Spiritualist Society Limited (£16k) and Aylesbury Hospital Radio (£16k).