The Chronicle Sunshine Fund

Analysis

The Chronicle Sunshine Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07035903). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chronicle Sunshine Fund reported income of £427k and spending of £490k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £318k to £427k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Chronicle Sunshine Fund sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Education Futures Trust (£427k), Zambesi Mission (£428k) and St Cuthbert's Centre (£427k).