SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL

Charity number: 1076822
Charity reporting is up to date (25 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Save the Children works in around 120 countries to deliver immediate and lasting change to children's lives. We program across all contexts to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected. Save the Children International and 29 member organisations make up Save the Children Association. Together in 2015 we reached 62 million children directly through our and our partners' work.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£1,216,342,610

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Donations and legacies £1.20bn
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £9.74m
Other £2.86m

Total expenditure:
£1,222,576,350

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Raising funds £1.50m
Charitable activities £1.22bn
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £2,614,158 from 2 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £1.50m
Charitable expenditure £1.22bn

People

19548 Employee(s)

17 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 197
£70k to £80k 139
£80k to £90k 94
£90k to £100k 42
£100k to £110k 21
£110k to £120k 15
£120k to £130k 8
£130k to £140k 10
£140k to £150k 10
£150k to £200k 13
£200k to £250k 2
£250k to £300k 2

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London
  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Ethiopia
  • Georgia
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Iraq
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 July 1999: Standard registration
  • 17 November 2021: Funds received from 1077542 THE INNER WHEEL CLUB OF HERNE BAY BENEVOLENT FUND
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE INTERNATIONAL SAVE THE CHILDREN ALLIANCE CHARITY (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

17 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Angela Jean Ahrendts Chair 05 January 2021
None on record
Joon Oh Trustee 01 January 2025
None on record
Dr Tsitsi Chawatama-Kwambana Trustee 16 October 2024
None on record
Dr Raffaele Salinari Trustee 12 September 2024
None on record
WINNIE MPANJU-SHUMBUSHO Trustee 12 September 2024
None on record
Abhishek Agrawal Trustee 12 September 2024
None on record
Richard Thomas George WINTER Trustee 01 August 2023
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
Received: On time
SUSSEX HOUSE SCHOOL
Received: On time
Anne Gates Trustee 22 February 2023
None on record
Dr Lars Johan Heikensten Trustee 01 November 2022
None on record
Morolake Akinkugbe Trustee 01 February 2022
None on record
Teresa Mbagaya Trustee 01 February 2022
None on record
Larry Kamener Trustee 01 February 2022
Centre for Public Impact Europe
Received: 60 days late
Deepak Kapoor Trustee 01 February 2022
None on record
Jon Karleiv Andreas Lomoy Trustee 01 January 2021
None on record
Margaret Ann McGetrick Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record
Roy Leonard Caple Hernandez Trustee 01 January 2018
None on record
Bradley Chapman Irwin Trustee 01 January 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £900.33m £876.47m £988.00m £1.31bn £1.22bn
Total expenditure £903.17m £860.42m £956.39m £1.24bn £1.22bn
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £770.41k £2.61m
Income - Donations and legacies £897.34m £873.21m £986.80m £1.30bn £1.20bn
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £2.28m £770.26k £492.58k £3.17m £9.74m
Income - Other £713.02k £2.49m £710.16k £3.07m £2.86m
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £900.30m £860.27m £955.92m £1.24bn £1.22bn
Expenditure - Raising funds £2.87m £148.12k £466.94k £961.87k £1.50m
Expenditure - Governance £4.50m £4.40m £3.55m £5.36m £5.19m
Expenditure - Grants institution £170.22m £177.76m £195.42m £268.04m £263.28m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £12.44m £17.23m £19.74m £24.26m £25.90m
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £265.61m £287.90m £325.35m £452.90m £396.12m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £225.16m £237.44m £246.86m £298.97m £256.59m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 05 November 2024 5 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 25 November 2024 25 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 12 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 16 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 16 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 28 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 28 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/03/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/01/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/2010 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/03/2012

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (THE “OBJECTS”) OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1.1 - TO PROMOTE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 4.2); 1.2 - TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING OF CHILDREN; 1.3 - TO PRESERVE LIFE, AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE, OF CHILDREN INCLUDING BY PROTECTING CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED HARM OR WHOSE LIVES AND SECURITY ARE AT RISK; 1.4 - TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN; AND 1.5 - TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF SAVE THE CHILDREN, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, CO-ORDINATION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN ALL CASES WORKING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 2 - IN THESE OBJECTS THE “HUMAN RIGHTS” OF CHILDREN MEANS ANY OR ALL OF THOSE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AS DEFINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS TO SURVIVAL, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION, AND WILL BE PROMOTED IN PARTICULAR BY: 2.1 - ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN; 2.2 - ENABLING CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS; 2.3 - INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN; 2.4 - PROMOTING RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN; AND 2.5 - CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN SO FAR AS IT APPLIES TO CHILDREN.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
Save the Children
St. Vincent House
30 Orange Street
London
WC2H 7HH
Phone:
02032720300
Email:
info@savethechildren.org
Website:

www.savethechildren.net Open in new window