Skip to main content Skip to navigation

roald dahl's marvellous children's charity

The charity supports children and young people, people with disabilities, and other charities or voluntary bodies. Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Buckinghamshire and operates in England And Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

Email Charity

Activities & Mission

To ensure every seriously ill child and young person in the UK has the best possible healthcare by placing our Roald Dahl nurses in areas of greatest need; supporting our nurses in the work that they do; funding innovative nurse-led projects to improve quality of care; and providing benefits advice through our family support service.

Fundraising

See where Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,303,109
Latest Expenditure
£1,869,644

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 106.8%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 74.4%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 39.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £993,460
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £309,649
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,391,097
Raising Funds £477,347
Governance £258,846
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £1,200

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£1,303,109£1,869,644£1,391,097£9,735,465£226,01315 / 10
2024£11,222,642£1,741,544£1,276,379£10,556,976£473,52216 / 15
2023£1,677,818£1,670,512£1,229,354£511,941£397,95711 / 10
2022£1,210,818£1,330,621£958,718£504,636£431,43710 / 5
2021£1,423,449£1,221,868£913,737£624,440£458,78310 / 20

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers