KIDS' CANCER CHAMPION LOOKS FORWARD

This largest children's-cancer charity provides a bewildering array of services to young patients and their families. It funds specialist nurses to visit children at home, lobbies the government to treat child cancer-patients better, and gives grants to help families get through the financial stress of looking after a very ill child. It also funds research into cancer and its treatment. The annual report for 2007 gives a good sense of the charity's impact, but we've no idea whether it achieved its aims.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

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57 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

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Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

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£80k to £99k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

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Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

Reviewed: 2009-03-20     Accounts ending: 2007-12-31

IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • Children with cancer
  • Their families and carers

Where

  • UK

Providing

  • Grants to individuals
  • Research into cancer
  • Lobbying and influencing on child-cancer issues
  • Parent and patient support networks
  • Health professionals

VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£19,680,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
59%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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