Friends of Rosie Childrens Cancer Research Fund

Analysis

Friends of Rosie Childrens Cancer Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03050367). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Rosie Childrens Cancer Research Fund reported income of £70k and spending of £51k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £44k to £70k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 329%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Rosie Childrens Cancer Research Fund sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chichester Area Mental Health Support Foundation (£70k), The Jacob Benjamin Elias Synagogue Association (£70k) and Somerford Alliance Resource Centre (£70k).