Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust

Analysis

Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust reported income of £143k and spending of £167k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £212k to £143k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Children in Romania (£143k), Flynne's Barn (£143k) and East Africa Welfare and Development Association (£143k).