Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 11

Poor Liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 62 years
(102 years as a company)

www.savethechildren.org.uk

supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk

02070126400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£294,356	£286,371	£7,985	£32,114	£69,675	£50,159	2.1	862	3,689
31/12/21		£240,409	£235,928	£4,481	£30,791	£64,477	£44,943	2.3	904	3,955
31/12/20		£288,730	£283,161	£5,569	£28,488	£58,616	£42,139	1.8	925	4,500
31/12/19		£307,365	£308,899	£-1,534	£35,850	£57,854	£44,266	1.7	1,067	5,460
31/12/18		£303,202	£314,607	£-11,405	£37,254	£50,834	£32,762	1.2	1,139	5,608
31/12/17		£406,558	£408,063	£-1,505	£37,870	£61,702	£40,276	1.2	1,164	0
31/12/16		£404,525	£410,100	£-5,575	£34,927	£42,011	£10,419	0.3	1,209	0
31/12/15		£389,717	£381,884	£7,833	£35,163	£59,561	£23,840	0.7	1,696	0
31/12/14		£370,290	£348,371	£21,919	£38,509	£108,094	£13,187	0.5	1,997	0
31/12/13		£342,594	£308,912	£33,682	£40,452	£93,748	£9,578	0.4	4,624	0
31/12/12		£283,748	£317,033	£-33,285	£35,927	£54,843	£2,784	0.1	4,025	0
31/12/11		£332,881	£322,579	£10,302	£33,866	£85,083	£11,307	0.4	4,947	0
31/12/10?		£291,472	£266,552	£24,920	£26,754	£81,905	£20,921	0.9	4,955	0
31/03/09		£216,008	£208,132	£7,876	£28,150	£54,829	£19,625	1.1	5,555	0
31/03/08		£160,777	£156,279	£4,498	£23,547	£60,140	£28,362	2.2	4,076	0
31/03/07		£148,432	£139,898	£8,534	£22,640	£56,889	£25,485	2.2	3,948	0
31/03/06		£161,187	£147,910	£13,277	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£130,535	£123,406	£7,129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£131,622	£132,821	£-1,199	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 51%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

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, ....more

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

862 employees
3,689 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

LUND TRUST	£1,750,000
Department of Health	£1,539,154
The Ballinger Charitable Trust	£127,970
Wolfson Foundation	£100,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Save the Children
£25,000	12/02/2023	Support for the emergency response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Save the Children
£250	10/02/2023	As directed by the donor towards Save the Children's work ensuring children keep safe, healthy and learning.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Save the Children
£50,000	08/06/2022	Further support for Ukraine emergency
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Save the Children
£50,000	08/06/2022	Support for Ukraine Emergency
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Save the Children
£2,200	11/05/2022	As requested by the donor towards supporting the welfare of children all over the world.
LUND TRUST - Towards Save the Children's Ukraine appeal.
£1,750,000	31/03/2022	Towards Save the Children's Ukraine appeal.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Ukraine Appeal
£6,000	03/03/2022	Ukraine Appeal
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Save the Children
£50,000	02/03/2022	Save the Children Ukraine Appeal
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Save the Children (Wallsend Children's Community)
£100,000	01/10/2021	Wallsend Children's Community
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£167	05/01/2021	Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,173	05/10/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Save the Children re: Wallsend
£27,970	18/09/2020 12	Supporting Wallsend Children's Community project
Department of Health - Save the Save the Children UK ELHRA
£1,539,154	01/04/2020	The aim of R2HC is to develop more effective responses to humanitarian challenges by providing significant funding for high-quality research on the effectiveness of health interventions in ....more The aim of R2HC is to develop more effective responses to humanitarian challenges by providing significant funding for high-quality research on the effectiveness of health interventions in humanitarian crises.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Save the Children
£3,200	28/02/2019	Summer in the City supports the Children's Emergency Fund.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Save the Children re: Wallsend
£48,420	21/09/2018 24	Story of Place
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Save the Children re: Wallsend
£250,000	21/09/2018 36	Wallsend Children's Community
Nuffield Foundation - Education grant
£406,925	25/06/2018	Randomised Controlled Efficacy Trial of Families Connect
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - SUN Civil Society Network Secretariat
£310,791	01/04/2018	This fund provides support to small and medium scale new or emerging humanitarian responses in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Famine relief in Somalia
£5,000	20/04/2017	Towards famine relief in Somalia.
Comic Relief - Tuwekeze Pamoja: Working together to give children in Tanzania a better start to life
£2,500,000	15/03/2017 60	For a child growing up in rural Tanzania the chance of staying in school and achieving the grades needed to go to secondary school is low. This project aims to give children from birth to age 6 the ....more For a child growing up in rural Tanzania the chance of staying in school and achieving the grades needed to go to secondary school is low. This project aims to give children from birth to age 6 the best possible start to life by working with parents, schools, communities and government to promote a safe and conducive environment for learning - at home and school. There is a large investment in research to understand what inputs at this early age really make a difference, with an opportunity to influence government policy and wider practice in early childhood development. As a result of the project, children will be able to thrive and fulfil their potential.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families and Schools Together (FAST)
£385,000	08/10/2015 36	Families and Schools Together (FAST)
Comic Relief - Supporting kindergartens for Syrian children in Jordan
£287,616	30/09/2015 12	Provision of essential early childhood care and development services for pre-school aged children through our existing kindergarten programme. Children and parents will be provided psychosocial ....more Provision of essential early childhood care and development services for pre-school aged children through our existing kindergarten programme. Children and parents will be provided psychosocial support and participate in structured playing and learning activities. Locally hired teachers and camp-based Syrian volunteers will provide these services.
Comic Relief - Providing education to refugee and displaced children and youth in South Sudan and Ethiopia
£244,874	30/09/2015 12	As a result of the continuing conflict in South Sudan, large numbers of people have moved east towards the border with Ethiopia. Children and young people, many already traumatized, face the risk of ....more As a result of the continuing conflict in South Sudan, large numbers of people have moved east towards the border with Ethiopia. Children and young people, many already traumatized, face the risk of further violence and conscription into local militias. But the continuing conflict means that primary schools have closed and teachers are not paid. In the refugee camps in Ethiopia local authorities are over-stretched and there is as yet no funding provision from the Government for the education of refugees. This proposal will enable refugee children on both sides of the border to receive a basic education, for one year, with an emphasis on providing protection and improving their life skills.
Comic Relief - Creative support to action/2015 and Project Everyone
£212,062	15/07/2015 6	Creative support to Project Everyone (development of creative assets and development of Africa hubs to ensure PE resonates in this key territory) and creative support the action/2015 South Africa ....more Creative support to Project Everyone (development of creative assets and development of Africa hubs to ensure PE resonates in this key territory) and creative support the action/2015 South Africa coalition to ensure wider impact and reach of campaign activities in this strategically important country.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilient Communities
£3,238,474	28/03/2015 36	Not Available
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Save The Children
£150,000	25/03/2015 36	To establish Children’s Communities in four disadvantaged local authorities and develop a pipeline of coordinated support which follows children from cradle to career and cuts across their family, ....more To establish Children’s Communities in four disadvantaged local authorities and develop a pipeline of coordinated support which follows children from cradle to career and cuts across their family, school and community lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - Eat, Sleep, Learn, Play! (ESLP!)
£344,810	25/06/2013 24	Funded through Support and Connect this organisation will extend its Eat, Sleep, Learn, Play initiative to six areas of Scotland with high levels of deprivation. The project will support families ....more Funded through Support and Connect this organisation will extend its Eat, Sleep, Learn, Play initiative to six areas of Scotland with high levels of deprivation. The project will support families living in desperate need to cope with the financial impact of having a child. It will provide basic items such as beds, cookers, books and toys to expectant mothers who are 28 weeks pregnant or more as well as families with children under 36 months, who are living on a low income with limited material resources.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Maternal and Newborn Health in Myanmar
£440,000	28/03/2012 36	This project, based in Sangaing Division, Myanmar, aims to improve maternal and newborn health in 130 villages in Kani Township.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71

ANNE KATHLEEN FAHY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Non-Executive Director

ARABELLA ELIZABETH DUFFIELD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director And Trustee

BABATUNDE SOYOYE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Managing Partner

CATHERINE ANN DORAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Non Executive Director

DIANNA PATRICIA MELROSE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired/Former British Diplomat

DR TSITSI DADIRAI CHAWATAMA-KWAMBANA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant Paediatrician

JESSICA CATHERINE GLADSTONE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeship: ADVOCATES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,

JANE CAROLINE LONG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive

JASON DANIEL GRAEME ALLEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Director

KAJAL ODEDRA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Director

KIRTBIR KAUR CHAHAL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant

LAURA CATHERINE KING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing Director

RAZIA KHAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Economist

RICHARD THOMAS GEORGE WINTER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: THE KEEPERS AND GOVERNORS OF THE POSSESSIONS, REVENUES AND GOODS OF THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF JOHN LYON, WITHIN THE TOWN OF HARROW-ON-THE-HILL, SUSSEX HOUSE SCHOOL, SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL,

TIMOTHY FALLOWFIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1962, number: 213890
Registered at Companies House on 01/12/1921, number: 00178159

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

10/05/2017 - Asset transfer in from SUNSHINE PROJECT
17/12/2020 - Asset transfer in from MISS M L WATTS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SETTLEMENT DATED 31ST MARCH 1966
03/02/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE LYCETT HUMANITARIAN TRUST
12/05/2021 - Asset transfer in from ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES GRAND COUNCIL CONVALESCENT FUND
22/07/2021 - Asset transfer in from MISS S M G ROSS TRUST
28/01/2022 - Asset transfer in from STEPCHANGE FOUNDATION UK
25/10/2022 - Asset transfer in from BLESSED TO REACHOUT
09/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQUESTRIAN SOCIETY
08/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from RATBY PRE-SCHOOL
03/01/2024 - Asset transfer in from ASSOCIATION OF PAST MEMBERS, ALL SAINTS, TOTTENHAM, LONDON N17 8HR BENEVOLENT (CHARITABLE) FUND
15/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from FASHION FOR RELIEF

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MISS M L WATTS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SETTLEMENT DATED 31ST MARCH 1966 on 17/12/2020
Asset transfer in from THE LYCETT HUMANITARIAN TRUST on 03/02/2021
Asset transfer in from ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES GRAND COUNCIL CONVALESCENT FUND on 12/05/2021
Asset transfer in from MISS S M G ROSS TRUST on 22/07/2021

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Main office

Save the Children
1 St. John's Lane
LONDON
EC1M 4AR

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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