THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

Registered charity 1058991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Railway Children aims to change the situation for street children around the world, by working through local organisations and advocating for change in government policies. Through partners we reach out to children as early as possible and act as an authoritative voice on their behalf to provoke actions and evoke the change they need.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £170,240 for the ten-month period ended March 2025, with total income of £4.47m. The trustees note that rising inflation and the end of major grants present a challenging environment, but the going concern basis remains appropriate with adequate financial resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Railway Children (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Angel Trains — “The first challenge took place in May when more than 80 participants tackled the renowned Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, sponsored for the…” (source page)
• Porterbrook — “In June, more than 180 participants took part in our flagship Three Peaks by Rail Challenge, sponsored by Porterbrook for the eighth year.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Malcolm Brownchair
• Annalingam Kumararajan
• Bharti Mepani
• Craig Joseph Forster
• Dr Jacqueline Gallinetti
• Emily Jane Bild
• Fraser Ross Simpson
• Jamie Neil Peter Burles
• Joanne Bird
• Mohini Bulbrook
• Ria Diana Ntabejane
• Richard Graham Allan
• Tricia Wright
• Valerie Floy

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

Operates in: India · Scotland · Tanzania · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STREET CHILD UNITED.

• STREET CHILD UNITED income £483k
• THE RAILWAY MISSION income £635k
• CONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN income £683k
• CHILDNET income £739k
• AllChild income £7.3m
• THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND income £262.5m

Side by side with its peers

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