Shine A Light Childhood Cancer Support

Analysis

Shine A Light Childhood Cancer Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Shine A Light Childhood Cancer Support reported income of £168k and spending of £163k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £33k to £168k (+403%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shine A Light Childhood Cancer Support sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Follow Your Dreams Limited (£167k), Diss and District Community Transport Association Limited (£168k) and Winchcombe Day Care Foundation (£167k).