CHILDREN IN CRISIS

Registered charity 1020488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5098383 · Wikipedia · also known as C I C, CIC

We provide educational support and protection from abuse for some of the worlds most vulnerable children facing multiple discriminations, with a focus on conflict and post conflict countries. We do this by training teachers; raising awareness oF the right to education; training social workers; delivering vocational training; conducting health education; and building and rehabilitating schools.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £225,365 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a reduction in operational programme contracts. Despite this loss, unrestricted reserves increased to £206,895, which remains above the stated policy target of three months' running costs (£6,000). The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02815817
• Trading subsidiary: CHILDREN IN CRISIS TRADING LIMITED Companies House 02933347

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALLERSTEINER, Anthony Kurt — director, appointed 13/10/2021on trustee list
• STREET CHILD — corporate director, appointed 01/04/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Kurt Wallersteiner
• Street Child · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Burundi · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

Common questions

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 FRONTLINE CHILDREN.

• FRONTLINE CHILDREN income £13k
• THE DIFFERENCE EDUCATION LTD income £1.6m
• CHILDREN ON THE EDGE income £1.9m
• SAVE OUR WORLD income £870k
• CARE FOR CHILDREN income £1.8m
• ORPHANS IN NEED income £23.5m

Side by side with its peers

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