Annabelles Challenge

Analysis

Annabelles Challenge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Annabelles Challenge reported income of £94k and spending of £145k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £62k to £94k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Annabelles Challenge sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Curtis Palmer Program (£94k), Care for Cambodia (£94k) and The Odyssey Conservation Trust (£94k).