THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1000013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, YELLOW BRICK ROAD

THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION IMPROVES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST BY MAKING SERIOUS STUFF FUN. WE DEVELOP INNOVATION TO IMPROVE CHILDRENS HEALTH WITH A FOCUS ON EARLY YEARS, MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

Objects

THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND. INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £36,877 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £563,058 and total expenditure of £526,181. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £374,632, which the charity notes is above its policy target of six months of central unrestricted resources expended. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Barbour Foundation — “The expansion has been made possible thanks to generous funding from the Barbour Foundation, which has enabled us to build on the success of…” (source page)
• The Frazer Trust — “Our Funders Our Supporters Funders and Supporters Without the help and support from you, we would not be able to make a difference to the li…” (source page)
• The Cratchit Foundation — “Our Funders Our Supporters Funders and Supporters Without the help and support from you, we would not be able to make a difference to the li…” (source page)
• St Cuthbert's Methodist Church- Newcastle — “Our Funders Our Supporters Funders and Supporters Without the help and support from you, we would not be able to make a difference to the li…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Belinda Bateman
• Dr Sue Vernon
• Dr Sunil Bhopal
• Helen Robinson
• John Treherne MBE
• Karen Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura McGrath
• Paul Sigalas

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £5.4m
• CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
• THE CHILDRENS WELFARE AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £136k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• HAPPY CHILDREN LTD income £465k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.