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Registered charity · Milton Keynes

World Vision UK

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £66m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
Where
Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Cambodia and more
Website
www.worldvision.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
World Vision UK
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£66m£69m
  • 2024£67m£65m
  • 2023£75m£78m
Earlier years
  • 2022£70m£67m
  • 2021£53m£56m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AMONG CHILDREN, BY MEANS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) EMERGENCY RELIEF THAT ASSISTS PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR DISASTER;(B) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPROVES THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; (C) ADVOCACY BY EDUCATING, ENGAGING WITH AND MOBILISING PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SUCH EMERGENCIES AND POVERTY.2) TO PROMOTE AND UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WORKING WITH AND STRENGTHENING THE WORK OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THOSE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT, DISASTERS AND POVERTY, REGARDLESS OF RACE, NATIONALITY, RELIGION, GENDER OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

Grants received

3 grants · £17,000 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

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.

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Disability 11The 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 14Other services 9Professional services 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£66.1m 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.3 in 2021

179 from 239 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
285908
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 03/11/82, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 23/10/92 & 08/02/98, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED AND AMENDED 12/03/10, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/03/10.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 OCT 2017 as amended on 22 Nov 2024
Companies House
Company number 01675552 · Active
Contact on the register
01908841000 · info@worldvision.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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