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CARE FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1072199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY HAS PURSUED ITS OBJECTIVES OF RELIEVING HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS IN ORPHANED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN IN ASIA. CARE FOR CHILDREN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE TRAINING MATERIALS AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO PROFESSIONALLY TRAIN FOSTER CARE STAFF ACROSS ASIA.CARE FOR CHILDREN WORKS IN A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,669 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £1,742,131 against expenditure of £1,709,462. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £267,504, which is above the stated policy target of £250,000, and the auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months normal operating expenses, or £250,000 whichever is the greater (held: £268k)
“The policy of the board is to seek to build up a reserve of unrestricted funds equivalent to two months normal operating expenses, or £250,000 whichever is the greater” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to Thomas Abbott, close family member of Trustee Robert Glover.
“During the year remuneration including pension of £58,025 (2023: £56,311) was paid to Thomas Abbott, an employee of the charity. Thomas Abbott is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
“During the year remuneration of £22,000 (2023: £21,350) was paid to Elizabeth Glover, an employee of the charity. Elizabeth Glover is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to Elizabeth Glover, close family member of Trustee Robert Glover.
“During the year remuneration including pension of £58,025 (2023: £56,311) was paid to Thomas Abbott, an employee of the charity. Thomas Abbott is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
“During the year remuneration of £22,000 (2023: £21,350) was paid to Elizabeth Glover, an employee of the charity. Elizabeth Glover is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Services invoiced by Johnny Hall, close family member of Trustee Robert Glover.
“During the year remuneration including pension of £58,025 (2023: £56,311) was paid to Thomas Abbott, an employee of the charity. Thomas Abbott is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
“During the year remuneration of £22,000 (2023: £21,350) was paid to Elizabeth Glover, an employee of the charity. Elizabeth Glover is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to Joel Glover, close family member of Trustee Robert Glover.
“During the year remuneration including pension of £58,025 (2023: £56,311) was paid to Thomas Abbott, an employee of the charity. Thomas Abbott is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
“During the year remuneration of £22,000 (2023: £21,350) was paid to Elizabeth Glover, an employee of the charity. Elizabeth Glover is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from Trustees and board members.
“During the year remuneration including pension of £58,025 (2023: £56,311) was paid to Thomas Abbott, an employee of the charity. Thomas Abbott is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
“During the year remuneration of £22,000 (2023: £21,350) was paid to Elizabeth Glover, an employee of the charity. Elizabeth Glover is a close family member of Trustee and Executive Director, Robert Glover.” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£242k
Reserves (reported)
£268k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 13.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Armenia · Cambodia · China · Thailand · Vietnam

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.7m£1.7m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.6m
31/12/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2021£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2020£1.1m£1.3m

Common questions

Is CARE FOR CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £32,669 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £1,742,131 against expenditure of £1,709,462. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £267,504, which is above the stated policy target of £250,000, and the auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

Who funds CARE FOR CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARE FOR CHILDREN as a grant recipient include THE VARDY FOUNDATION, THE J ISAACS CHARITABLE TRUST, Stolkin Foundation, Sonu & Eva Foundation, THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VARDY FOUNDATIONFY2024£268k
THE VARDY FOUNDATIONFY2025£250kExpansion of family care strategy for orphans and vulnerable children
THE J ISAACS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£113kCare for children
THE VARDY FOUNDATIONFY2023£41kPlacing orphans in Cambodia with local, family-based carers
Stolkin FoundationFY2024£37kAssist in relieving poverty and ill-health in all their forms and the causes of poverty and ill health including but not limited to victims of terrorism and oth
Sonu & Eva FoundationFY2021£15k
Stolkin FoundationFY2025£13kAssist in relieving poverty and ill-health in all their forms and the causes of poverty and ill health including but not limited to victims of terrorism and oth
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUSTFY2023£350
RELATIONAL MISSIONFY2021£349Grants for UK and overseas mission

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION1£238k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£185k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION1£55k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST1£29k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED1£7k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND1£5k
THE ANCASTER TRUST1£300

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN CARE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARE FOR CHILDREN£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN CARE CENTRE FY2025£231k—0unclear—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
FUN 4 KIDZ FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
UK CARE FOR CHILDREN FY2024£1.4m—0above7.5%no doubt
HAPPY CHILDREN LTD FY2025£465k—0within—no doubt

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