Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE CHILDHOOD TRUST 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
The objects of the charity are to prevent or relieve poverty or deprivation, in particular among children and young people, by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty or deprivation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 11 years
(12 years as a company)

www.childhoodtrust.org.uk

info@childhoodtrust.org.uk

07507880109

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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
30/06/23£4,371£4,490£-119£84£1,269£1,13639367
30/06/22£3,092£2,704£389£85£1,388£1,2595.68627
30/06/21£3,088£2,387£701£52£999£8194.1529
30/06/20£2,115£2,173£-58£39£298£1290.74181
30/06/19£991£837£154£27£357£871.310143
30/06/18£825£706£119£20£203£631.120
30/06/17£625£608£17£37£84£200.410
30/06/16£679£627£53£28£66£300.610
30/06/15?£539£545£-6£13£14£140.310
31/08/14£231£229£3£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 367 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
Westminster Foundation£220,000
The Segelman Trust£120,000
CHK Foundation£95,000
Haberdashers' Company£75,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Haberdashers' Company - Food poverty projects
£75,000 08/02/2023
To reduce food inequality in Lewisham, Southwark and Bexley - matched funded
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Childhood Trust
£2,325 04/01/2023
As directed by the donor towards the work of The Childhood Trust, London's child poverty charity, dedicated to alleviating the impact of poverty on children and young people living in the capital.
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£10,000 09/11/2022
to support specified work
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Childhood Trust
£250 07/11/2022
As directed by the donor towards the work of The Childhood Trust, London's child poverty charity, dedicated to alleviating the impact of poverty on children and young people living in the capital.
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000 16/05/2022
Champions for Children 2022
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Childhood Trust
£1,485 16/02/2022
As directed by the donor, matched donation for Christmas fundraising, towards the work of The Childhood Trust, London's child poverty charity, dedicated to alleviating the impact of poverty on ....more
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Childhood Trust
£20,000 12/02/2022
Supporting the 2021 Christmas Challenge for children in London over the holidays.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Childhood Trust
£210 12/01/2022
As directed by the donor towards the work of The Childhood Trust, London's child poverty charity, dedicated to alleviating the impact of poverty on children and young people living in the capital.
Trust for London - Childhood Trust
£7,500 09/06/2021
12
The funding is for our Meals that Matter programme which distributes healthy meals to vulnerable families in London. All of the meals are prepared by professional chefs in restaurants in central ....more
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000 10/05/2021
to support specified work
The Segelman Trust - Grant to The Childhood Trust
£120,000 09/12/2020
36
To support Thrive@Five - a collective impact initiative created to achieve improvements in school readiness. Thrive@Five will support place-based strategies and programmes, linking charities, local ....more
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000 02/12/2020
to support specified work
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards Covid-19 emergency response costs.
£3,690 03/07/2020
Towards Covid-19 emergency response costs.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£25,000 29/06/2020
for the General Fund supporting the Champions for Children
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£220,000 06/04/2020
3
Champions for Children Campaign Match Funding - (Covid-19)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-69
  • JONATHAN KELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2013, number: 1154032
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/08/2011, number: 07746081
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

18 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 0QP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHILDHOOD TRUST ARE TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR DEPRIVATION, IN PARTICULAR AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR DEPRIVATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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