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Follicular Lymphoma Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1185091LondonHealth and saving lives
Income£2.5m2025-12-31
Spending£2.5msame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2019Charitable company
Employees9latest return

Analysis

Follicular Lymphoma Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2019, 7 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 company (Companies House number 11943477). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Follicular Lymphoma Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.5m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Follicular Lymphoma Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bankers Benevolent Fund (£2.5m), The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (The Order of St John) (£2.5m) and Mid and North Essex Mind (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £846k. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

Income and spending

£0£626k£1.3m£1.9m£2.5m2021 Income: £1,678,8222021 Spending: £635,73420212022 Income: £2,186,2602022 Spending: £2,410,16520222023 Income: £2,068,6542023 Spending: £1,979,82020232024 Income: £2,391,7792024 Spending: £2,416,51720242025 Income: £2,505,2442025 Spending: £2,458,1662025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 96%
  • Investments 0.2%
  • Other 3.6%

In the charity's own words

OUR MISSION IS TO HELP THOSE WITH FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA (FL), A CURRENTLY INCURABLE BLOOD CANCER, TO LIVE WELL AND GET WELL BY FINDING AND FUNDING THE BEST RESEARCH TO FIND BREAKTHROUGHS THAT WILL CHANGE HOW WE UNDERSTAND AND TREAT FL. WE PROVIDE FL FOCUSED INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS AND WORK TO ENSURE PATIENTS' VOICES ARE AT THE HEART OF THE SEARCH FOR BETTER TREATMENTS AND CURE.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Bankers Benevolent FundLondon£2.5m
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (The Order of St John)London£2.5m
Mid and North Essex MindColchester£2.5m
Magdalen & Lasher Charity - Old Hastings House, Charitable Incorporated OrganisationEast Sussex£2.5m