ALICE'S ARC

Registered charity 1164253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our purpose is the relief of sickness of people suffering from childhood cancers in particular but not limited to sarcomas by funding the purchase of medicine (as recommended by doctors), funding research, introducing best practices between jurisdictions, raising awareness, and assisting in the knowledge and understanding of such cancers.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CHILDHOOD CANCERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO SARCOMAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) FUNDING THE PURCHASE OF MEDICINE (AS RECOMMENDED BY DOCTORS), EQUIPMENT, TOYS, FACILITIES AND/OR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED BY NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED; (2) FUNDING RESEARCH INTO SUCH CANCERS; (3) INTRODUCING BEST PRACTICES BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS FOR TREATMENT AND/ OR EASING THE SUFFERING OF PATIENTS AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES; (4) RAISING AWARENESS OF SUCH CANCERS THROUGH SOCIAL AND OTHER MEDIA; AND/OR (5) ASSIST IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH CANCERS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £1,733,776 as of 30 September 2025, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £20,000. The charity reported a net income of £150,827 for the year, with unrestricted reserves of £704,383, indicating strong financial stability and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alice's Arc (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• St. Baldricks EPICC — “Alice’s Arc US Inc & St. Baldricks EPICC Team Awards Grant of $750K for RMS Research” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARA ALISON LOUISE WAKELINGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WAKELING
• DR Melvin Lee Kiang Chua
• NICHOLAS WAKELING
• Natalie Grace Carpenter
• Sarah Louvaine Warwick

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of London · Kent · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• SARA ALISON LOUISE WAKELING — trustee here and at CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK

Known funders

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

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 ARC.

• THE ARC income £1.4m
• AILSA'S AIM income £165k
• TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER income £508k
• ALICE (RELIEF OF POVERTY & ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY) income £528k
• A RARE CAUSE income £25k
• FIGHTING ALL CANCERS TOGETHER income £554k

Side by side with its peers

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