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Registered charity · London

The Save the Children Fund

The Save the Children Fund is a registered charity (number 213890) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Dr Tsitsi Dadirai Chawatama-Kwambana since 2021. Latest income £263m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Save the Children (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £263m (2025)
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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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Albania, Australia and more
Website
www.savethechildren.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Save the Children Fund
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£263m£276m
  • 2024£305m£309m
  • 2023£296m£295m
Earlier years
  • 2022£294m£286m
  • 2021£240m£236m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP, AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES, PLACE OR PLACES WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOUR, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISTRESS, HARDSHIP AND WANT OF WELFARE AS AFORESAID, AND TO CONDUCT AND PROCURE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF TO THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

68 grants · £29,994,754 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 · £13,120,000 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,049,411 (17 grants)
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £3,597,348 (2 grants)
  • LUND TRUST · £1,750,000
  • SHAREGIFT · £1,660,000 (23 grants)

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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.

3.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Disability 5Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 11Finance 7Professional services 6

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£304.8m 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: 3.5 months

910 from 925 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
213890
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/12/1921AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/04/1951AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/1957AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/1959AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/10/1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/1966AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/03/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/02/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/12/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/08/2014 as amended on 06 Dec 2023 as amended on 20 Nov 2024
Companies House
Company number 00178159 · Active
Contact on the register
02070126400 · supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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