THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND

Charity number: 213890
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES, WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOUR, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISTRESS, AND WANT OF WELFARE AS AFORESAID, AND TO CONDUCT AND PROCURE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£296,015,000

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Donations and legacies £93.09m
Charitable activities £189.14m
Other trading activities £9.14m
Investments £1.47m
Other £3.19m

Total expenditure:
£295,425,000

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Raising funds £36.31m
Charitable activities £256.29m
Other £2.83m

£2,885,000 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £46,647,000 from 34 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.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £39.13m
Charitable expenditure £256.29m
Retained for future use £590.00k

People

885 Employee(s)

14 Trustee(s)

3230 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 56
£70k to £80k 17
£80k to £90k 8
£90k to £100k 7
£110k to £120k 3
£120k to £130k 2
£140k to £150k 1
£150k to £200k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

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

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
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
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Ivory Coast
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mexico
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • North Korea
  • Norway
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Vanuatu
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 October 1962: Standard registration
  • 10 May 2017: Funds received from 1117672 SUNSHINE PROJECT
  • 17 December 2020: Funds received from 253002 MISS M L WATTS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OTHERWISE KNO...
  • 03 February 2021: Funds received from 1143457 THE LYCETT HUMANITARIAN TRUST
  • 12 May 2021: Funds received from 228545 ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES GRAND COUNCI...
  • 22 July 2021: Funds received from 276844 MISS S M G ROSS TRUST
  • 28 January 2022: Funds received from 1150362 STEPCHANGE FOUNDATION UK
  • 25 October 2022: Funds received from 1171801 BLESSED TO REACHOUT
  • 09 February 2023: Funds received from 1065011 MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQU...
  • 08 March 2023: Funds received from 1077159 RATBY PRE-SCHOOL
  • 03 January 2024: Funds received from 269514 ASSOCIATION OF PAST MEMBERS, ALL SAINTS, TOTTENHAM...
  • 15 March 2024: Funds received from 1159995 FASHION FOR RELIEF
  • 25 July 2024: Funds received from 285437 THE THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT FUND
  • 23 December 2024: Funds received from 1180294 THE K. R. J. CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • SAVE THE CHILDREN (Working name)
Company number:
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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
  • 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

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Tsitsi Dadirai Chawatama-Kwambana Chair 25 January 2021
None on record
Stuart Russell McMinnies Trustee 06 March 2025
None on record
Laura Catherine King Trustee 31 January 2024
None on record
Jason Daniel Graeme Allen Trustee 31 January 2024
None on record
Jane Caroline Long Trustee 31 January 2024
None on record
Kirtbir Kaur Chahal Trustee 31 January 2024
None on record
TIMOTHY FALLOWFIELD Trustee 23 February 2023
THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE
Received: On time
Catherine Ann Doran Trustee 01 December 2022
None on record
JESSICA CATHERINE GLADSTONE Trustee 11 May 2020
ADVOCATES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Received: On time
Richard Thomas George WINTER Trustee 13 January 2020
SUSSEX HOUSE SCHOOL
Received: On time
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
Received: 25 days late
Kajal Odedra Trustee 16 July 2019
None on record
Razia Khan Trustee 16 July 2019
None on record
Babatunde Soyoye Trustee 20 March 2018
None on record
Dianna Patricia Melrose Trustee 23 June 2017
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 £307.37m £288.73m £240.41m £294.36m £296.02m
Total expenditure £308.90m £283.16m £235.93m £286.37m £295.43m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £68.85m £65.07m £40.50m £34.94m £46.65m
Income - Donations and legacies £89.21m £88.44m £84.41m £98.65m £93.09m
Income - Other trading activities £13.45m £6.59m £7.06m £8.85m £9.14m
Income - Charitable activities £200.34m £188.92m £144.99m £182.90m £189.14m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £1.07m £760.00k £496.00k £866.00k £1.47m
Income - Other £3.30m £4.02m £3.44m £3.09m £3.19m
Income - Legacies £24.16m £17.33m £19.38m £17.18m £18.63m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £270.63m £252.12m £202.56m £251.46m £256.29m
Expenditure - Raising funds £35.97m £28.58m £30.94m £32.24m £36.31m
Expenditure - Governance £1.13m £1.08m £1.32m £1.21m £1.21m
Expenditure - Grants institution £191.41m £187.78m £139.41m £188.54m £181.31m
Expenditure - Investment management £120.00k £93.00k £145.00k £123.00k £394.00k
Expenditure - Other £2.30m £2.46m £2.44m £2.68m £2.83m

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 £4.65m £3.37m £2.69m £2.43m £2.30m
Long-term investments £36.24m £37.93m £40.77m £43.09m £45.97m
Other assets £105.29m £107.47m £91.00m £97.39m £90.18m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£625.00k -£2.76m -£120.00k -£64.00k -£34.00k
Total liabilities £87.71m £87.41m £69.86m £73.17m £64.85m

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 21 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 21 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 July 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 08 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 08 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 06 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 06 October 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 01/12/1921 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/04/1951 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/1957 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/1958 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/1959 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/10/1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/1966 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/1966 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/03/1968 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/1983 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/02/2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/12/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/08/2014 as amended on 06 Dec 2023 as amended on 20 Nov 2024

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP, AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES, PLACE OR PLACES WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOUR, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISTRESS, HARDSHIP AND WANT OF WELFARE AS AFORESAID, AND TO CONDUCT AND PROCURE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit

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

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
Save the Children
1 St. John's Lane
LONDON
EC1M 4AR
Phone:
02070126400
Email:
supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk
Website:

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