CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK

Charity number: 298405
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

OUR MAIN AIMS ARE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES CHILDREN TO DEVELOP CANCER, TO DEVELOP IMPROVED TREATMENTS AND TO PROVIDE CARE FOR AFFECTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS THE TRUSTEES' POLICY TO MAXIMISE THE PROPORTION OF CHARITABLE OUTPUT THAT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH GRANT MAKING TO ORGANISATIONS. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE CHARITY WILL FOCUS ON REVENUE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INTO CAUSES AND TREATMENT.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£15,192,202

Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Donations and legacies £13.64m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £883.92k
Investments £453.30k
Other £211.82k

Total expenditure:
£12,091,962

Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Raising funds £2.45m
Charitable activities £9.64m
Other £0

£441,084 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Raising funds and other expenditure £2.45m
Charitable expenditure £9.64m
Retained for future use £3.10m

People

41 Employee(s)

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 3
£70k to £80k 1
£100k to £110k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 January 1988: Standard registration
  • 21 August 2008: Removed (Funds transferred (gi))
  • 21 August 2008: Funds transferred to
  • 27 October 2011: Funds received from
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CHILDREN FIGHTING CANCER (Working name)
  • CHILDREN WITH CANCER (Working name)
  • CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA (Working name)
  • CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION (Working name)
  • CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA UK (Working name)
  • CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA UK (Previous name)
  • THE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA (Previous name)
  • THE PAUL O'GORMAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA (Previous name)
Company number:
04960054 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
David Arthur Edmund Gibbs Chair 22 February 2021
None on record
Tamara Ludlow Trustee 26 June 2025
None on record
Nicholas James Bird Trustee 18 June 2025
None on record
Dr Bruce Jonathan Morland Trustee 05 July 2022
None on record
Phil Hall Trustee 13 December 2021
None on record

Financial history

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £17.33m £13.76m £14.84m £14.11m £15.63m
Total expenditure £16.82m £15.34m £9.86m £13.85m £12.09m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £206.88k N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £206.88k N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £16.38m £13.58m £14.79m £13.42m £13.64m
Income - Other trading activities £828.23k £48.99k £6.85k £581.77k £883.92k
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £82.64k £129.18k £48.67k £91.50k £453.30k
Income - Other £41.37k £131 £248 £22.00k £211.82k
Income - Legacies £1.40m £13.58m £1.98m £2.38m £2.44m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £12.86m £13.28m £7.88m £11.73m £9.64m
Expenditure - Raising funds £3.96m £2.06m £1.98m £2.12m £2.45m
Expenditure - Governance £216.10k £66.04k £46.94k £46.30k £1.15m
Expenditure - Grants institution £4.29m £6.99m £2.23m £6.97m £4.53m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £5.51k £28.05k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £0 £0 £0 £1.60m £4.00m
Long-term investments £11.16m £10.13m £10.29m £10.00m £12.16m
Other assets £10.96m £9.73m £14.01m £16.95m £16.44m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £11.22m £10.57m £9.85m £13.71m £14.22m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 30 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 30 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 30 January 2023 91 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 30 January 2023 91 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 29 November 2021 29 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 04 January 2022 65 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 NOV 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 NOV 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 DEC 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAY 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JUL 2016 as amended on 13 Dec 2021

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM LEUKAEMIA OR ANY OTHER FORM OF CANCER (AND ALLIED DISORDERS) AND OF THEIR FAMILIES 2) TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE IN MATTERS RELATING TO LEUKAEMIA OR ANY OTHER FORM OF CANCER (AND ALLIED DISORDERS) AFFECTING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 3) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, ALLEVIATION, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF LEUKAEMIA OR ANY OTHER FORM OF CANCER (AND ALLIED DISORDERS) AFFECTING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 298405-1 FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 4TH JANUARY 1988; AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 10TH DECEMBER 2003. (AS AFFECTED BY A UNITING DIRECTION (MADE UNDER S.96 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993) AND DATED 20 SEPTEMBER 2004
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM LEUKAEMIA. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF, A CURE FOR, AND TREATMENT OF LEUKAEMIA IN CHILDREN PROVIDED THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH PUBLISHED.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.
Registration history
  • 06 January 1988 : Standard registration
  • 21 August 2008 : Removed
  • 21 August 2008 : Asset transfer out
  • 27 October 2011 : Asset transfer in

Contact information

Address:
Children With Cancer Uk
21-27 Lambs Conduit Street
LONDON
WC1N 3NL
Phone:
02074040808
Email:
info@childrenwithcancer.org.uk
Website:

www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk Open in new window