Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

CHILD.ORG INTERNATIONAL 

Child.org works to champion maternal and child health in Kenya. We work with local communities to provide life-saving health information to parents, connect at-risk mums and babies with healthcare services and work with local health authorities to improve quality of care. Our projects have been life-saving.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Established: 17 years

http://child.org

hello@child.org

07751768207

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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
31/12/22£556£373£183£90£391£36511.75135
31/12/21£316£247£69n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£392£429£-37n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£620£732£-111£267£176£1302.110400
31/12/18£894£910£-17£513£287£2413.211300
31/12/17£582£709£-127£362£304£2153.6100
31/12/16?£560£485£75£189£316£2075.160
31/05/15£586£537£49£213£141£1413.250
31/05/14£374£541£-167£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13£706£622£84£89£259£1773.430
31/05/12£361£445£-85£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£894£679£215£181£260£1793.240
31/05/10£419£424£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£258£233£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£190£180£10£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 11.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 7.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 5 employees
  • 135 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Funding Network - Baby boxes
£5,675 14/03/2018
To identify whether Finnish-style 'Baby Boxes' could be a tool for improving childbirth outcomes, reducing deaths in the crucial first 28 days and ongoing health concerns in low resource settings.
Comic Relief - An adapted framework for school health to improve the educational attainment of 16,000 children.
£324,028 25/11/2015
30
Many children in rural Kenya have to drop out of school due to health problems and often their families cannot access even basic medical treatment. While a government policy on school health is in ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-45
  • BENJAMIN MASON (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Digital Communications
  • EVE RIDDLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2007, number: 1118528
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/05/2006, number: 05818928
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Child.org
7 Unity Street
Bristol
BS1 5HH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD:A)TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;B)TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE;C)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; ANDD)FURTHERING OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION WHERE THIS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE PRECEDING OBJECTS (A) - (C)

Defined Area of Benefit:

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BUT PRIMARILY IN KENYA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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