A Life for a Cure – Ryan Bresnahan’s Meningitis Appeal

Analysis

A Life for a Cure – Ryan Bresnahan’s Meningitis Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 December 2025, A Life for a Cure – Ryan Bresnahan’s Meningitis Appeal reported income of £16k and spending of £4,679, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,247 to £16k (+268%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 711%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, A Life for a Cure – Ryan Bresnahan’s Meningitis Appeal sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Together As One (£16k), Women of the Cross (£16k) and Fairways Community Centre (£16k).