SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK

Charity Number: 1069204
Charity reporting is up to date (14 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our charity exists to help orphans, vulnerable children and children at risk of abandonment to lead a full life by providing a home, a family and a mother by way of our SOS villages or a family strengthening programme. We also provide education and medical care for a much larger group and emergency relief when required (given that we are present in 132 countries worldwide).

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£5,421,374

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Donations and legacies £5.20m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £137.24k
Investments £80.31k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£8,348,238

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Raising funds £2.04m
Charitable activities £6.31m
Other £0

£50,522 investments gains (losses)

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 £2.04m
Charitable expenditure £6.31m

People

26 Employee(s)

9 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£80k to £90k 1
£100k to £110k 1

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:
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Djibouti
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-bissau
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Macedonia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • The Gambia
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 April 1998: Standard registration
  • 14 April 2016: Funds received from 1146789 ACHIEVING A HEADSTART LIMITED
  • 23 March 2023: Funds received from 1160877 JUMPSTART YOUTH
  • 12 August 2024: Funds received from 1005150 DALGETY CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • SOS CHILDREN (Working name)
  • WORLD ORPHAN WEEK (Working name)
  • WOW (Working name)
Company number:
03346676 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Kim Annette Bowden Trustee 07 December 2023
None on record
Suli Ulla Anja Hampson Trustee 13 April 2023
None on record
Louise Mary McDonald Trustee 13 April 2023
None on record
Jonathan Steinback Trustee 13 April 2023
None on record
Janet Reilly Trustee 13 April 2023
None on record
Adelise Baha Trustee 02 December 2022
None on record
Harpinder Collacott Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Solava Samir Saad Mohamed Ibrahim Trustee 08 July 2020
None on record
Ian Briggs Trustee 18 October 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 £4.56m £4.27m £7.85m £8.44m £5.42m
Total expenditure £5.05m £4.96m £5.23m £7.04m £8.35m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £4.54m £4.24m £7.80m £8.14m £5.20m
Income - Other trading activities £1.07k £0 £0 £0 £137.24k
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £2.60m
Income - Investment £16.00k £5.00k £1.00k £287.48k £80.31k
Income - Other £0 £17.51k £50.08k £18.94k £0
Income - Legacies £779.51k £337.42k £2.77m £1.85m £276.97k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.64m £3.89m £3.74m £4.43m £6.31m
Expenditure - Raising funds £1.41m £1.07m £1.48m £2.61m £2.04m
Expenditure - Governance £102.85k £129.89k £169.23k £0 £190.35k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £819.25k
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 £9.62k £20.74k £142.14k £1.24m £279.37k
Long-term investments £1.21m £1.10m £1.25m £293.53k £1.28m
Other assets £3.58m £2.83m £5.20m £6.55m £3.76m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.31m £1.26m £1.13m £1.25m £1.35m

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 09 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 14 November 2024 14 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 30 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 30 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 29 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 03 November 2021 3 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 14 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 14 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 07 APR 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 DEC 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 SEP 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 FEB 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 2017

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD OF SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES AND (II) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS FROM SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES.

Area of benefit

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

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Contact information

Address:
SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK
RAVENSCROFT HOUSE
59 Regent Street
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1AB
Phone:
01223365589
Email:
hello@sosuk.org
Website:

www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk Open in new window