The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

SOS Children's Villages UK

Registered charity 1069204 Registered since 1998

Operates: Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Dominican Republic

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Overseas Aid/famine Relief 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 7Health and social care 2Other services 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.9 in 2020

29 from 22 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.soschildrensvillages.org.uk
Emailhello@sosuk.org
Phone01223365589
AddressSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK, RAVENSCROFT HOUSE, 59 Regent Street, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1AB

Finances

£6,138,744 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£4,265,006£4,957,943
2021£7,848,786£5,225,675
2022£8,441,443£7,042,983
2023£5,421,374£8,348,238
2024£6,138,744£7,772,382

What it does

What

Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD OF SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES AND (II) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS FROM SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 APR 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 DEC 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 SEP 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 FEB 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

SOS Children's Villages UK · 03346676 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/04/1997

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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