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Registered charity · Tadworth

The Children's Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £36m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Children's Trust
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£36m£35m
  • 2024£34m£33m
  • 2023£28m£35m
Earlier years
  • 2022£29m£33m
  • 2021£28m£29m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 78% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

I) FOR THE CARE, TREATMENT, REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, LEARNING DISABILITIES AND COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS, INCLUDING LIFE LIMITING OR LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS AND NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE ACQUIRED THROUGH ACCIDENT OR OTHER CAUSES; FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES AND OTHER CARERS INVOLVED; AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF SUCH DISABILITIES AND DISORDERS. ANDII) TO HOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE FREEHOLD OF THE HERITAGE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TADWORTH COURT, TADWORTH, SURREY AND ITS CURTILAGE AND TO RESTORE, CONSERVE, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN SUCH HERITAGE PROPERTY AND ALL THE BUILDINGS, WALLS, PARKS, GARDENS, WOODLANDS AND APPURTENANCES WITHIN ITS CURTILAGE.

Grants received

15 grants · £1,724,950 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.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 14Health and social care 4Professional services 4

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£36.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.8 in 2021

502 from 713 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.
79%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
288018
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/09/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/01/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/03/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 NOV 2016 as amended on 10 Sep 2021 as amended on 11 Sep 2020
Companies House
Company number 01757875 · Active
Contact on the register
01737365000 · enquiries@thechildrenstrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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