Registered charity · Norwich
Care for Children
Care for Children is a registered charity (number 1072199) based in Norwich, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by David Devenish since 2016. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- China, Thailand, Vietnam, Armenia and more
- Website
- www.careforchildren.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Care for Children (UK)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.9m
- 2024£1.7m£1.7m
- 2023£1.5m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.5m
- 2021£1.5m£1.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, NEED, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN ORPHANAGES OR SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS;2. THE ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF ORPHANAGES AND OTHER CHILD-FOCUSED RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR THE CARE, PROTECTION, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE ORPHANED OR ABANDONED OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE GENERALLY IN NEED; AND3. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRES OFFERING TRAINING COURSES TO PROMOTE CHILD WELFARE AND GENERALLY TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH CHILDREN IN NEED.
Board analysis
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
- David Devenish Chair since 2016
- Anthony Edward Timpson CBE KC since 2025
- Dr Robert Glover OBE
- Edward Amies since 2016
- Liu Liu since 2022
- Lorne Armstrong since 2017
- Nicholas Chance CVO, JP since 2018
- Susan Johns since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- David Devenish Chair since 2016
- Edward Amies since 2016
- Lorne Armstrong since 2017
- Nicholas Chance CVO, JP since 2018
- Susan Johns since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- David Devenish Chair since 2016
- Dr Robert Glover OBE
- Liu Liu since 2022
- Lorne Armstrong since 2017
- Susan Johns since 2015
Portfolio (3)
- Anthony Edward Timpson CBE KC since 2025
- Edward Amies since 2016
- Nicholas Chance CVO, JP since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1072199
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 17 AUGUST 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 05538700 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01603627814 · info@careforchildren.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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