WAR Child

Registered charity 1071659 Registered since 1998

Operates: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Yemen, Congo (Democratic Republic), Burundi, Colombia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, Occupied Palestinian Territories

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Caroline Browne since 2022
Cleo Blackman since 2018
James Briggs since 2018
Maria Kathryn Panayi since 2022
Mel Exon since 2025
Shruti Mehrotra since 2019
Siobhan King since 2018
Tara Nayagi Heera Rajah since 2022

5.5y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Cleo Blackman since 2018
James Briggs since 2018
Shruti Mehrotra since 2019
Siobhan King since 2018

6.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Caroline Browne since 2022
Cleo Blackman since 2018
James Briggs since 2018
Maria Kathryn Panayi since 2022
Mel Exon since 2025
Shruti Mehrotra since 2019
Siobhan King since 2018
Tara Nayagi Heera Rajah since 2022

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Retail and trade 11Dormant 10Tech and media 7

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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

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2024

incomespending£13.1m latest income

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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 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

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The Hadley Trust Similar size; both Overseas aid
Spurgeons Similar size; both Overseas aid
The Waterloo Foundation Similar size; both Overseas aid

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.warchild.org.uk
Email	info@warchild.org.uk
Phone	44 (0)20 7112 2556
Address	Part Fourth Floor East, Dunn's Hat Factory, 106-110 Kentish Town Road, London, NW1 9PX

Finances

£13,091,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£16,685,000	£17,695,000
2021	£14,799,000	£14,523,000
2022	£19,096,000	£16,960,000
2023	£18,896,000	£19,661,000
2024	£13,091,000	£12,700,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1. TO BRING RELIEF TO PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP SICKNESS OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF WAR AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO BRING SUCH RELIEF TO CHILDREN WHO ARE SO SUFFERING; 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EFFECTS OF WAR ESPECIALLY THE EFFECTS OF WAR ON CHILDREN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH JULY 1998 as amended on 21 Nov 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees

48median age

0aged 70+

Caroline Browneage band 45-49 since 2022
Cleo Blackmanage band 45-49 since 2018
James Briggsage band 50-54 since 2018
Maria Kathryn Panayiage band 40-44 since 2022
Mel Exonage band 50-54 since 2025
Shruti Mehrotraage band 45-49 since 2019
Siobhan Kingage band 50-54 since 2018
Tara Nayagi Heera Rajahage band 40-44 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

WAR Child · 03610100 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/07/1998

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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