WORLD CHILD CANCER UK

Registered charity 1084729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GORDON MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GORDON MORRISON FAMILY TRUST

In high-income countries over 80% of children who develop cancer survive, but in low-income countries it is often under 30%. World Child Cancer works with local teams and partners in Africa and Asia to redress that inequity to improve quality of care and survival. We provide strategic solutions to diagnosis, access to treatment and holistic care, while advocating for government-led sustainability.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £458,530 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a restricted deficit of £475,935 which was offset by an unrestricted surplus of £17,405. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £237,000 at year-end, which equates to approximately four months of operating costs, exceeding the stated policy target of three months. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — World Child Cancer (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• World Child Cancer Trustees Limited

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · Cameroon · Ghana · Indonesia · Malawi · Nepal · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP.

• THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP income £5.5m
• Solving Kids' Cancer UK income £2.9m
• CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK income £17.8m
• THE CHALLENGE FUND - THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IN THE EMERGING WORLD income £290k
• TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED income £125k
• TEENAGE CANCER TRUST income £21.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.