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Registered charity · London

The United Kingdom Committee for Unicef

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £135m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 4 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Angola, Bangladesh, Belize and more
Website
www.unicef.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The United Kingdom Committee for Unicef
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£135m£137m
  • 2023£161m£160m
  • 2022£180m£177m
Earlier years
  • 2021£142m£140m
  • 2020£109m£109m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND OTHER RELEVANT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, AND OTHER RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD;2) TO FURTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING WORK THROUGH FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR:I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND NEED;II) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;III) THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF, AND PROVISION FOR, HEALTH; ANDIV) THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.

Grants received

45 grants · £15,991,348 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Postcode Education Trust · £10,600,000 (4 grants)
  • LUND TRUST · £3,000,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,441,210 (3 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £606,500 (29 grants)
  • Pears Foundation · £200,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Economic/community Development/employment 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Professional services 23Education 14Finance 12

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£135.3m 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.

0.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

400 from 351 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.
0%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1072612
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/11/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/07/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/12/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUN 2016 as amended on 27 Jun 2018 as amended on 19 Jun 2023 as amended on 24 Jun 2025
Companies House
Company number 03663181 · Active
Contact on the register
03003305580 · supportercare@unicef.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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