CHILDREN AT RISK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1066396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARF(UK), CARF-UK

Raise funds in order to support work by sister organisation in Sao Paulo Brazil.

Objects

(A) TO ASSIST AND RELIEVE NECESSITOUS PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOWNS AND CITIES OF BRAZIL AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS TO ESTABLISH, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR, HOMES AND HOSTELS AND OTHER CENTRES FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OR RESIDENCE OR USE OR BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS EITHER GRATUITOUSLY OR IN RETURN FOR SUCH PAYMENTS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED, AND TO PROVIDE, OR TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR, SUCH OTHER SERVICES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AS AMY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF BRAZIL AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE USEFUL LIVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: BRAZIL AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is volunteer-led with no paid staff and holds unrestricted funds of £1,201, which is below its stated reserves policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity received total income of £38,358 and expended £37,131, resulting in a net increase in funds for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating costs (reserves figure: £1k)
“CARF-UK operates a reserves policy aimed at maintaining unrestricted funds at a level of six months operating costs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brazil · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£37k£36k
31/12/2024£43k£69k
31/12/2023£63k£42k
31/12/2022£67k£70k
31/12/2021£49k£42k

Common questions

Is CHILDREN AT RISK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is volunteer-led with no paid staff and holds unrestricted funds of £1,201, which is below its stated reserves policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity received total income of £38,358 and expended £37,131, resulting in a net increase in funds for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Brazil Friends Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDREN AT RISK FOUNDATION£37k—0unclear—no doubt
The Brazil Friends Foundation FY2025£336k—0below—no doubt
RAISE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL FY2025£67k——unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN IN HUNGER FY2026£88k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILD ACTION FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN IN NEED FUND FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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