Registered charity (CIO) · London
Cities for Children
Cities for Children is a registered charity (number 1170215) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Jetske van Dijk since 2023. Latest income £57k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as CFC (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £57k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Pakistan
- Website
- www.citiesforchildren.co (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£57k£35k
- 2024£20k£30k
- 2023£48k£41k
Earlier years
- 2022£19k£14k
- 2021£16k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE IN THE URBAN SLUMS OF PAKISTAN THROUGH:(A) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION;(B) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(C) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(D) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION.
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Jetske van Dijk Chair since 2023
- Ali Nabi Nur since 2023
- David Walker since 2016
- Nabeela Ijaz Khan since 2020
- Sehar Tariq since 2024
- Usman Qureshi since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Walker since 2016
- Nabeela Ijaz Khan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jetske van Dijk Chair since 2023
- Ali Nabi Nur since 2023
- David Walker since 2016
- Nabeela Ijaz Khan since 2020
- Sehar Tariq since 2024
- Usman Qureshi since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 1170215
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Nov 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07545670396 · enquiries@citiesforchildren.co
- 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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