The World Children's Fund

Registered charity 1079124 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, South Sudan, South Africa, Sudan

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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.

4 trustees on the board

9.5y median 9.5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Natalia Yakusheva since 2017
Yevgen Yakushev since 2016

17.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Natalia Yakusheva since 2017
Ruth Kendrick

Portfolio (2)

Joseph LAM Chair
Yevgen Yakushev since 2016

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 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Business services 4Construction 1Manufacturing 1

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2021

1 from 1 in 2021

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

Medical Mission International (UK) 1 shared trustee
Wahambla Network 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Money for Madagascar Similar size; both Overseas aid
Christadelphian Bible Mission Similar size; both Overseas aid
Hadassah Medical Relief Association U.K. Similar size; both Overseas aid
Youth Aliyah - Child Rescue Similar size; both Overseas aid

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.worldchildrensfund.org.uk
Email	info@worldchildrensfund-uk.org
Phone	020 4631 5300
Address	Regus, 1 Elmfield Park, BROMLEY, BR1 1LU

Finances

£1,090,888 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,271,928	£4,139,815
2022	£2,163,207	£2,090,063
2023	£2,359,733	£2,382,902
2024	£1,001,052	£1,139,771
2025	£1,090,888	£1,169,747

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS, HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. (2) TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTERS. (3) SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL DECIDE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 MAY 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 17 JANUARY 2000 AND 9 JUNE 2009

Trustees (4)

4trustees

67median age

0aged 70+

Joseph LAMage band 65-69 Chair
Natalia Yakusheva since 2017
Ruth Kendrickage band 65-69
Yevgen Yakushevage band 50-54 since 2016

Linked company (Companies House)

The World Children's Fund · 03778493 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/05/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Medical Mission International (UK) 1 shared trustee
Wahambla Network 1 shared trustee

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