NI cancer charity shows big increase in income

Howard Lake | 23 January 2015 | News

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The ‘Rory McElroy’ effect has had a very positive impact on fundraising for the Cancer Fund for Children (CCF), a Northern Ireland charity which has become a special cause of the world’s number one golfer.

‘Short’ accounts for the organisation up to March 2014, which provide more limited information on a charity’s finances, show that unrestricted funds have grown from £111,000 to nearly £1.5 million since 2013. Unrestricted funds are funds which a charity has raised for its general expenditure and can be spent on any cost associated with the charity’s activities.

Restricted funds have declined from nearly £700,000 to under £4,000, probably related to CCF’s expenditure on the organisation’s respite facility, Daisy Lodge.

Rory McElroy announced early last year that he was making a £1 million donation to CCF spread over four years in support of Daisy Lodge’s running costs.

CCF has a strong community fundraising presence in Northern Ireland, particularly with fundraising events while its corporate fundraising has grown in recent years.

Photo: Rory McIlroy – photo: Edbalaun on Flickr.com

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.