Children with Cancer in Malawi

Analysis

Children with Cancer in Malawi is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Children with Cancer in Malawi reported income of £12k and spending of £22k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £20k to £12k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Children with Cancer in Malawi sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Smallthorne Community Centre (£12k), Selfless (£12k) and The Kambia Appeal (£12k).