Overall Score: 10 based on 19 data points
Finance: 7
Governance: 3
Support: 0
Liabilities <10%: +3, Reasonable growth: +1, Fundraising costs low: +3,
Good trustee age range: +3,

CHILDAID TO EASTERN EUROPE 

Mission:

Overcoming barriers and creating a fairer society for vulnerable children and families in Eastern Europe
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

How you can help

Established: 43 years

www.childaidee.org.uk

info@childaidee.org.uk

02084606046

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This Charity did not raise funds from the public in its latest financial period
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/03/23£857£583£274£58£992£3587.4312
31/03/22£580£425£155£53£718£3499.9310
31/03/21£433£374£58n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£364£380£-16n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£401£347£54n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£451£343£109n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/17£403£329£74n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/16£322£327£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/15£323£348£-25n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/14£438£389£49n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/13£322£320£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/12£284£300£-17n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/11£465£510£-44n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/10£495£485£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/09£524£450£74£77£315£1744.640
31/03/08£508£476£32£80£241£1553.950
31/03/07£429£633£-205n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/06£544£756£-212n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/05£916£496£421n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/04£411£430£-19n/an/an/an/an/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.9%
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 7.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 20 months
Quick Ratio: 195.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
ChildAid transforms lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine. Short and long-term aid and development initiatives, in collaboration with local partners, improve life quality for the abused, abandoned and neglected from extremely poor families, orphans and disabled children. Our motivation is Christian but help is unconditional
Who works here?
  • 3 employees
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How do they operate?

Short and Long Term Programmes run by local partners designed to encourage, develop, support and care for vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people, families and communities

Objectives: Improve the opportunities for children and young people and offer hope of a more positive and integrated future

Intervention period: Ongoing

Beneficiaries: Children living with disabilities, orphans, social orphans, children in vulnerable families, victims of war and conflict

Location: Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine

Description: Established 50 years ago, our mission is to help disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe through the creation of long-term partnerships with local organisations. Our desire is to help children turn their lives around, so that they can lead normal and productive lives as adults, even with their ongoing disabilities and additional needs.
Our projects for families in crises, children living with disabilities, orphans and victims of the war in Ukraine include:
 preventing abandonment or supporting those who have been abandoned
 transforming lives and transforming attitudes to disability through direct action
 finding resilience in adversity through creating firm foundations for children, young people and families living in precarious conditions
 giving children a voice and a childhood through education and play

Who works here?

  • MARTIN WILCOX
    Director
    Appointed: July 2006
Having spent 22 years in the world of commercial insurance as a manager and client relationship director, I felt that I had a calling to give something back to society an so I decided to take a career change into the charity sector. After undertaking an excellent programme with the National Council of Voluntary Organisations called “Working for a Charity” I was blessed to be able to join ChildAid in July 2006 as Charity Manager. In ....more

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-74
  • PAUL PEARSON
    Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Business Development Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1980, number: 281099
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/1980, number: 01511367
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Main office

PO BOX 200
BROMLEY
BR1 1QF

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND HARDSHIP IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE - PARTICULARLY CHILDREN WHO ARE FROM VULNERABLE FAMILIES, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND ORPHANS - IN COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE WHICH HAVE BEEN PART OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SHORT AND LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS USUALLY LED OR INSPIRED BY CHRISTIANS(B) TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN PROJECTS WHICH THE CHARITY IS ALSO INVOLVED, IN ISSUES OF BEST PRACTICE IN WORK ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH PROJECTS(C) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OTHER PERSONS, INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES INVOLVED IN OR WISHING TO BECOME INVOLVED IN SUCH WORK

Defined Area of Benefit: RUSSIA, THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND OTHER STATES OF EUROPE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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