Friends of Sick Children in Malawi

Analysis

Friends of Sick Children in Malawi is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Sick Children in Malawi reported income of £145k and spending of £226k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £99k to £145k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 350%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Sick Children in Malawi 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 The O'sullivan Family Charitable Trust (£145k), Been There (£145k) and Island Hospice and Bereavement Service (UK) (£145k).