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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£304,834,000
Latest Expenditure
£308,810,973

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 87.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 85.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 13.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £92,089,197
Charitable Activities £198,559,724
Other Trading £9,708,707
Investments £1,564,199
Other Income £2,911,960

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £265,103,636
Raising Funds £40,206,477
Governance £957,359
Grants to Institutions £182,314,000
Other Expenditure £3,500,860

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£304,834,000£308,810,973£265,103,636£70,638,000£49,468,980910 / 3351
2023£296,015,000£295,425,000£256,291,000£73,580,000£46,321,000885 / 3230
2022£294,356,000£286,371,000£251,455,000£69,675,000£42,547,000862 / 3689
2021£240,409,000£235,928,000£202,555,000£64,477,000£33,122,000904 / 3955
2020£288,730,000£283,161,000£252,118,000£58,616,000£34,143,000925 / 4500

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Save the Children
1 St. John's Lane
LONDON
EC1M 4AR
Registration Date
10 October 1962
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
213890
Charity Number
213890

Trustees

Babatunde Soyoye
Kajal Odedra
Richard Thomas George WINTER
JESSICA CATHERINE GLADSTONE
Dr Tsitsi Dadirai Chawatama-Kwambana
Catherine Ann Doran
TIMOTHY FALLOWFIELD
Jason Daniel Graeme Allen
Laura Catherine King
Stuart Russell McMinnies
Dr Tamsyn Sherlle Barton

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • SAVE THE CHILDREN