Mama Melissa Foundation (Education and Cancer Support)

Analysis

Mama Melissa Foundation (Education and Cancer Support) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mama Melissa Foundation (Education and Cancer Support) reported income of £61k and spending of £26k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £61k (+267%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 919%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mama Melissa Foundation (Education and Cancer Support) sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Weston Super Mare and North Somerset (£61k), Ukrops (£61k) and Give Hope Trust (£61k).