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The Save the Children Fund

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-213890 .
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Description

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.

Also known as

  • Ballycastle Save the Children
  • Christmas Jumper
  • Save the Children
  • The Save the Children Fund
  • Save The Children
  • Save the Children
  • Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day
  • Save the Children Fund
  • Save the Children UK
  • Save the Children UK - Head Office
  • ...and 1 other names
  • save the children UK

CCEW Charity number

213890

Company number

00178159

Registered

Postcode

EC1M 4AR

Website

savethechildren.org.uk

Domain

savethechildren.org.uk

Latest income

£294,356,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Burkina Faso
  • Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • Brazil
  • Bhutan
  • Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Central African Republic
  • Switzerland
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Germany
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • Guinea
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Cambodia
  • Comoros
  • Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Lebanon
  • Sri Lanka
  • Liberia
  • Morocco
  • Mali
  • Myanmar
  • Malawi
  • Mexico
  • Mozambique
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Nicaragua
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Nepal
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine, State of
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Rwanda
  • Sudan
  • Singapore
  • Sierra Leone
  • Senegal
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • El Salvador
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Thailand
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turkey
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Ukraine
  • Uganda
  • United States
  • Viet Nam
  • Vanuatu
  • Yemen
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Registered Office in the UK

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-213890 .
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The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • International activities G30

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Research RS

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • Disability 104
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body 309

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1962-10-10 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 131,622,000 132,821,000
2005-03-31 130,535,384 123,406,069
2006-03-31 161,187,054 147,910,037
2007-03-31 148,432,207 139,897,858
2008-03-31 160,777,000 156,279,000
2009-03-31 216,008,000 208,132,000
2010-12-31 291,472,000 266,552,000
2011-12-31 332,881,000 322,579,000
2012-12-31 283,748,000 317,033,000
2013-12-31 342,594,000 308,912,000
2014-12-31 370,290,000 348,371,000
2015-12-31 389,717,000 381,884,000
2016-12-31 404,525,000 410,100,000
2017-12-31 406,558,000 408,063,000
2018-12-31 303,202,000 314,607,000
2019-12-31 307,365,000 308,899,000
2020-12-31 288,730,000 283,161,000
2021-12-31 240,409,000 235,928,000
2022-12-31 294,356,000 286,371,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 862 904
Employees paid more than £60,000 70 61
Volunteers 3,689 3,955
Trustees 15
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 81.5 65.0
Legacies 17.2 19.4
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 98.7 84.4
Income from charitable activities 182.9 145.0
Income from other trading activities 8.8 7.1
Income from investments 0.9 0.5
Other income 3.1 3.4
Total 294.4 240.4
Expenditure
Investment management 0.1 0.1
Other spending on raising funds 32.1 30.8
Spending on raising funds 32.2 30.9
Grants to institutions 188.5 139.4
Other charitable activities 62.9 63.1
Charitable activities 251.5 202.6
Other spending 2.7 2.4
Total 286.4 235.9
Net income / (expenditure) 8.0 4.5

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 2.4 2.7
Investment assets 43.1 40.8
45.5 43.5
Current assets
Current investment assets 35.7 40.0
Cash 14.0 4.0
Other current assets 47.7 47.0
97.4 91.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (66.6) (62.3)
Net current assets 30.8 28.7
Total assets less current liabilities 76.4 72.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (6.6) (7.6)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 69.7 64.6
Defined benefit pension scheme (0.1) (0.1)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 69.7 64.5
Funds
Endowment funds 4.8 5.5
Restricted funds 14.7 14.0
Unrestricted funds 50.2 44.9
69.7 64.5

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 34,940,000 40,498,492
Government grants as % of total income 11.9% 16.8%
Number of government grants 41 399

The Save the Children Fund

GB-CHC-213890

Grants received

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Received 54 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Rothschild Foundation
Special interest
£25,000
1 year
Grant to Save the Children
Feb 2023 to Feb 2024
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed
£250 Grant to Save the Children
Wolfson Foundation
Health and Disability
£50,000
2 years
Grant to Save the Children
Wolfson Foundation
Health and Disability
£50,000
2 years
Grant to Save the Children
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed
£2,200 Grant to Save the Children
LUND TRUST £1,750,000 Towards Save the Children's Ukraine appeal.
Woodward Charitable Trust £6,000 Ukraine Appeal
Rothschild Foundation
Special interest
£50,000
1 year
Grant to Save the Children
Mar 2022 to Mar 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Centre for Disaster Protection (CDP)
£1,282,682 Crisis and Disaster Risk Financing - Catalyst Civil Society Innovation
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Global Risk Financing Facility [GRIF]
£3,290,000 Crisis and Disaster Risk Financing - Catalyst Civil Society Innovation

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

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GB-CHC-213890

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