Clic Sargent Cancer Care for Children

Analysis

Clic Sargent Cancer Care for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05273638). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Clic Sargent Cancer Care for Children reported income of £25.9m and spending of £26.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22.2m to £25.9m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Clic Sargent Cancer Care for Children sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action Against Hunger UK (£25.9m), London's Air Ambulance Limited (£26.0m) and Halo Leisure Services Limited (£25.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80% and trading 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.8m. Charitable activities took 58% of spending and raising funds 41%. Reserves of £6.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 401 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.