Registered charity · Leatherhead
Happy Child International
- 7 trustees
- Income £38k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Surrey, Brazil
- Website
- www.happychild.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Happy Child International
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£38k£53k
- 2024£63k£111k
- 2023£113k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£67k£47k
- 2021£98k£75k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY ALL EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY - TO BE ADVANCED IN VARIOUS WAYS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A PROVIDING HELP, CARE AND ASSISTANCE FOR STREET CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, ORPHANS, AND CHILDREN IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY IN LATIN AMERICA.B PROVIDING ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND HELP TO THOSE WORKING WITH AND HELPING STREET CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, ORPHANS AND CHILDREN IN NEED.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - TO BE ADVANCED IN VARIOUS WAYS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A PROVIDING EDUCATION AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TO STREET CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, ORPHANS AND CHILDREN IN NEED, AND SIMILAR PERSONS IN NEED OF IT.B UNDERTAKING ASSISTING OR FINANCING RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEMS OF STREET CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, ORPHANS AND THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY OR NEED, AND HOW APPROPRIATE HELP CAN BE PROVIDED OR IMPROVED.C PROVIDING EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF STREET CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, ORPHANS AND THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY OR NEED.D SEEKING TO RESTRICT THE GROWTH AND INCREASE IN PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH STREET CHILDREN, HOMELESS CHILDREN, ORPHANS AND SIMILAR PERSONS IN NEED BY EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS AND BY ENCOURAGING CARING AND STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS.4 TO CARRY OUT ANY OTHER OBJECTS WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE PLACES WHERE THE CHARITY IS PROVIDING HELP, CARE AND ASSISTANCE.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- John Dodrell Chair since 2014
- Cristina Zaviera Cortes since 2024
- Evelyn Kangoya since 2024
- John Herring since 2011
- Jennifer Suzanne Sullivan since 2024
- Joao Martinez da Cruz since 2020
- Mark Andrew Pinks
Trustees past 6 years
- John Dodrell Chair since 2014
- John Herring since 2011
- Joao Martinez da Cruz since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- John Dodrell Chair since 2014
- Cristina Zaviera Cortes since 2024
- Evelyn Kangoya since 2024
- Jennifer Suzanne Sullivan since 2024
- Joao Martinez da Cruz since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- John Herring since 2011
- Mark Andrew Pinks
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1116809
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 SEPTEMBER 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05935028 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01372375848 · caroline.taylor@happychild.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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