Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity

Analysis

Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 company (Companies House number 04735773). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity reported income of £674k and spending of £993k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £521k to £674k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham (£673k), Hearts Together (£674k) and Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (£673k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76% and investments 19%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £47k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £22k. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 33 months of spending at that rate.