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THE LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST

Registered charity 1176160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs free of charge to children and young people up to the age of 24, who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other conditions. We fund vital, innovative research leading to better treatments for childhood cancers that affect patient outcomes. We support the development of less aggressive and less toxic cancer treatments for children.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.3m
Latest spending
£8.2m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £105,649 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £8,297,963 and total expenditure of £8,192,314. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £4,622,953 are within the stated policy target range of £4m to £8m, representing 12 to 24 months of operational expenditure. The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 11.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The cost of raising funds was £929k compared to £897k in the prior year.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £4.6m)
“The Little Princess Trust has a policy of maintaining sufficient free reserves to enable the charity to meet its operational expenditure (excluding research) for a period of between 12 and 24 months (£4m to £8m based on 2025/2026 budget).” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Caroline Shallow is Managing Director of R.H. Smith & Sons (Raoul Wigmakers) Limited. The charity made purchases of £111,881 with this entity.
“Caroline Shallow, a trustee, is Managing Director of R.H. Smith & Sons (Raoul Wigmakers) Limited (company number 01179968). During the year the charity made purchases of £111,881 (2024: £114,657) with Raoul Wigmakers.” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Princess Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£8.3m
Total spending
£8.2m
Cost of raising funds
£929k
Reserves (reported)
£4.6m
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 11.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · Germany · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Scotland · Slovenia · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£8.3m£8.2m
31/07/2024£9.1m£9.1m
31/07/2023£6.5m£9.0m
31/07/2022£8.1m£8.3m
31/07/2021£9.1m£7.8m

Common questions

Is THE LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £105,649 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £8,297,963 and total expenditure of £8,192,314. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £4,622,953 are within the stated policy target range of £4m to £8m, representing 12 to 24 months of operational expenditure. The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

Who funds THE LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED, THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUST, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY, WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024£5k
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2023£2k
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITYFY2025£2kGeneral
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2022£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2025£700Employee charitable collections
THE CIBC WORLD MARKETS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£500Matching Donation
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£250
MULBARTON PCCFY2024£250Grant in line with wishes of fundraising donor
MOORE KINGSTON SMITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£196Matched funding
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£129
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2024£0Employee grant support programme
WARRANT OFFICERS' & SERGEANTS' MESS SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERSFY2023—Charitable donations

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION2£70k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST2£40k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO2£36k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST2£29k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUST2£14k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST2£13k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION2£11k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION2£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE LADY LOCKS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST£8.3m——within11.2%no doubt
LITTLE LADY LOCKS FY2025£286k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE HERO FY2025£69k—0above—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP FY2025£5.5m——below—no doubt
TEDDY20 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH CANCER LIMITED FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK FY2024£17.8m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear20.0%no doubt

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