KIDSCAN LIMITED

Registered charity 1094946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIDSCAN

Raise funds primarily for research into the causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of cancer in children.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£208k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £940 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £190,646. The trustees' report notes that income from donations and legacies fell by 48% due to the cost of living crisis, yet unrestricted reserves remain above the stated policy target of £60,000. The charity continues to operate with a small staff team and maintains adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £101k)
“£60,000 of unrestricted funds held by the charity would allow the operation to continue for at least six months in the event of there being a drop in revenue from current activities. The balance on unrestricted funds is currently above this level.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kidscan (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£118k£208k
31/07/2024£142k£141k
31/07/2023£294k£232k
31/07/2022£279k£369k
31/07/2021£225k£379k

Common questions

Is KIDSCAN LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £940 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £190,646. The trustees' report notes that income from donations and legacies fell by 48% due to the cost of living crisis, yet unrestricted reserves remain above the stated policy target of £60,000. The charity continues to operate with a small staff team and maintains adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

Who funds KIDSCAN LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KIDSCAN LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BOOTH CHARITIES, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE SIR WILLIAM COXEN TRUST FUND, THE OAKDALE TRUST, Moto Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BOOTH CHARITIESFY2024£30kRelief of distress and sickness
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2024£6kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE SIR WILLIAM COXEN TRUST FUNDFY2022£2kCharitable activities
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2024£2k
Moto FoundationFY2022£1kCommunity Grant
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£500The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£10kAmbassador programme coordinator staff costs
Crowdfunder27/09/2022£4kLocal Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2021£10kStaff costs for a Co-Ordinator

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KIDSCAN LIMITED£118k—0above—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP FY2025£5.5m——below—no doubt
CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK FY2024£17.8m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear20.0%no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024£502k—0above—no doubt
KIDS CANCER CHARITY FY2025£663k—0unclear—no doubt
Solving Kids' Cancer UK FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt

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