The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World

Analysis

The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World reported income of £290k and spending of £329k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £319k to £290k (-8.9%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margarethe Charitable Trust (£290k), Centre for Health and Pastoral Care (£291k) and The Sue Thomson Foundation (£290k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.