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bbc children in need

The charity supports children and young people and other charities or voluntary bodies. BBC Children In Need is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Greater Manchester and operates in England And Wales, Scotland, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The Charity?s objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Directors may in their discretion think fit and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to relieve need, hardship, sickness, handicap and distress amongst children and young persons.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£54,912,249
Latest Expenditure
£49,240,729

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 75.6%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 84.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 16.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £49,841,708
Charitable Activities £2,150,000
Other Trading £890,017
Investments £1,353,896
Other Income £676,628

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £41,499,256
Raising Funds £7,741,473
Governance £434,590
Grants to Institutions £35,711,354
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£54,912,249£49,240,729£41,499,256£57,152,013£57,152,013152 / 250
2023£50,078,000£39,823,000£32,418,000£47,677,000£47,677,000153 / 250
2022£69,928,692£74,523,835£67,728,624£37,475,254£37,475,254150 / 250
2021£65,569,253£59,548,901£54,451,909£50,129,449£50,129,449142 / 250
2020£85,785,774£58,889,421£53,419,500£42,823,377£17,668,266135 / 250

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers