THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP

Registered charity 1182637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCLG, CCLG: The Children & Young People's Cancer Association, CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER, TYAC · also registered in Scotland as SC049948 (OSCR)

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CANCER IN CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH(2) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO THEM(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO CANCER IN CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS(4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE BY THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LATEST RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE AMONGST PROFESSIONALS AND PRACTITIONERS ENGAGED IN THE TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT OF CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER

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: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£5.5m

Latest spending

£6.1m

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an overall deficit of £601,378, including an unrestricted deficit of £172,822. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £212,417, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £250,000. The trustees consider it prudent to balance investment in charitable activity while ensuring sufficient funds are available to maintain the charity as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“As at 31 December 2025 the charity's free reserves totalled £212,417 (2024: £399,452) which is slightly below the target set out in the reserves policy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Newby Castleman LLP. Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £265,270 — grants £265,270 (1); 3% of the £8,479,313 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

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

In the news

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

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group to hold clothes sale in Whitehead northernirelandworld.com · 13/09/2024

Funders the charity credits

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

Little Princess Trust — “Little Princess Trust funded projects” (source page)
The Little Princess Trust — “In 2019, CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association and The Little Princess Trust partnered with the James Lind Alliance (JLA) o…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£5.5m

Total spending

£6.1m

Cost of raising funds

£498k

Reserves (reported)

£212k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Oxnamchair
Andrew Donnelly
Catherine Anderson
Dr Angela Polanco
Dr Angelo Ercia
Dr Bushra Khawaja
Dr Hollie Ann Chandler Shears
Dr Sarah Curtis
Laura Helen Thomas
Natalie Sara Agboeze
Ngozi Yvonne Ayanru

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£5.5m	£6.1m
31/12/2024	£4.9m	£5.4m
31/12/2023	£8.5m	£7.7m
31/12/2022	£8.3m	£7.8m
31/12/2021	£5.7m	£5.4m

Common questions

Is THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an overall deficit of £601,378, including an unrestricted deficit of £172,822. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £212,417, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £250,000. The trustees consider it prudent to balance investment in charitable activity while ensuring sufficient funds are available to maintain the charity as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Newby Castleman LLP.

Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP as a grant recipient include KESWICK TO BARROW WALK, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE MELANIE WHITE FOUNDATION LIMITED, GIDDO'S GIFT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
KESWICK TO BARROW WALK	FY2025	£9k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£8k	Medical
THE MELANIE WHITE FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2024	£3k
THE MELANIE WHITE FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	Unverified read£3k
GIDDO'S GIFT	FY2022	£400	awareness

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRAZER TRUST	2	£16k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	2	£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£373k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£226k
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY	1	£205k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£179k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£127k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	1	£108k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUD FLANAGAN LEUKAEMIA FUND LIMITED.

BUD FLANAGAN LEUKAEMIA FUND LIMITED income £28k
LEUKAEMIA CANCER SOCIETY income £100k
Children's Cancer North income £1.0m
CHILDREN'S LEUKAEMIA SOCIETY income £71k
LEUKAEMIA CARE income £2.5m
CHILDREN ON THE EDGE income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP	£5.5m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
BUD FLANAGAN LEUKAEMIA FUND LIMITED FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEUKAEMIA CANCER SOCIETY FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Children's Cancer North FY2025	£1.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S LEUKAEMIA SOCIETY FY2026	£71k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEUKAEMIA CARE FY2025	£2.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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