The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Save the Children Fund

Registered charity 213890 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic

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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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 6Environment/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 12Finance 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.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.savethechildren.org.uk
Emailsupporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk
Phone02070126400
AddressSave the Children, 1 St. John's Lane, LONDON, EC1M 4AR

Finances

£262,508,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£240,409,000£235,928,000
2022£294,356,000£286,371,000
2023£296,015,000£295,425,000
2024£304,834,000£308,810,973
2025£262,508,000£275,822,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Save the Children Fund · 00178159 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/12/1921

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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