The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Care for Children

Registered charity 1072199 Registered since 1998

Operates: China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Armenia

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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.

9 trustees on the board

6.6y median 8.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Disability 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1Religious Activities 1

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

Health and social care 8Education 7Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£1.7m 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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.3 in 2020

26 from 42 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.careforchildren.com
Emailinfo@careforchildren.com
Phone01603627814
AddressCare for Children, 3 The Close, Norwich, NR1 4DH

Finances

£1,742,131 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,147,332£1,341,430
2021£1,466,066£1,373,846
2022£1,526,108£1,506,880
2023£1,545,321£1,557,665
2024£1,742,131£1,709,462

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 17 AUGUST 2005

Trustees (9)

9trustees
60median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Care for Children (UK) · 05538700 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/08/2005

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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