Childhood Cancer Research Trust

Analysis

Childhood Cancer Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in October 2021, 5 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 makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Childhood Cancer Research Trust reported income of £145k and spending of £102k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £985 to £145k (+14599%), an average of +428% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 6189%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Childhood Cancer Research Trust 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 Sir Tom Cowie Charitable Trust (£145k), Manchester and Salford Samaritans (£145k) and The Council of Asian People (Haringey) (£145k).