Friends of Matthew Rusike Childrens Home

Analysis

Friends of Matthew Rusike Childrens Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Matthew Rusike Childrens Home reported income of £57k and spending of £74k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £57k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Matthew Rusike Childrens Home sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mrs. Hilda Beer Charitable Trust (£57k), William Heather Will Trust (£57k) and Bye to Cancer (£57k).