Kids Cancer Charity

Analysis

Kids Cancer Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05536898). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kids Cancer Charity reported income of £663k and spending of £751k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £482k to £663k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kids 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 Step 2 Young People's Health (£663k), Wycombe Women's Aid Limited (£663k) and Healthbus Trust (£663k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 18% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £688k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 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.