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CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA

Registered charity 1075037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN OF THE ANDES

Children Change Colombia was established in 1991. We are the largest UK charity working exclusively in Colombia. We work on neglected issues facing children and young people in Colombia that pose a serious threat to children's rights and wellbeing. In particular: Recruitment into armed groups and reintegration into society; Sexual and gender based violence; and Exclusion from education.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position with free reserves of £117,184, which the trustees confirmed were within their risk-based reserves policy framework. The charity reported total income of £1,328,054 and total expenditure of £1,314,764, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer national insurance) during the year between: Band £60,000–£70,000 Number of employees 1” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer national insurance) during the year between: Band £60,000–£70,000 Number of employees 1” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Fernando Caviedes declared an interest in Iridian Consulting S.A.S., a company providing digital services. During the year Iridian Consulting S.A.S. provided digital services to the charity on a pro bono basis. No payments were made to the company during the year ended 31 December 2025.
“Trustee Fernando Caviedes declared an interest in Iridian Consulting S.A.S., a company providing digital services. During the year Iridian Consulting S.A.S. provided digital services to the charity on a pro bono basis. No payments were made to the company during the year ended 31 December 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Affinia (Crawley). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children Change Colombia (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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£117k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 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 (99% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Colombia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.3m£1.3m
31/12/2024£750k£640k
31/12/2023£627k£621k
31/12/2022£446k£376k
31/12/2021£370k£324k

Common questions

Is CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position with free reserves of £117,184, which the trustees confirmed were within their risk-based reserves policy framework. The charity reported total income of £1,328,054 and total expenditure of £1,314,764, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia (Crawley).

What does the highest-paid employee of CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA as a grant recipient include THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ASHMORE FOUNDATION, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£133kPreventing sexual and gender-based violence in Bogota, Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Cartagena
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£65kPreventing sexual and gender-based violence
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£48kEducation & skills programme
THE ASHMORE FOUNDATIONFY2024£25kSupport for children at risk of commercial sex work and gender-based violence response
THE ASHMORE FOUNDATIONFY2023£19kSupport for children at risk of exposure to commercial sex work
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£10kOverseas education
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2023£3kSocial Action
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2024£3kSocial Action
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£2k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2026£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2022£1k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE ASHMORE FOUNDATIONFY2025—Support for children at risk of commercial sex work and gender-based violence response

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation23/09/2024£127kGrant to Children Change Colombia Ltd
City Bridge Foundation11/08/2023£27kGrant to Children Change Colombia Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2014£499kYoung people improving their sexual and reproductive health and rights
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£625kDevelopment of a Primary Education Model for Urban working Children in Colu

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
STANDARD CHARTERED FOUNDATION1—
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED1£479k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£354k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST1£160k
ELRHA1£122k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION1£110k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION1£88k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA£1.3m£60,000 - £70,0001within—no doubt
WAR CHILD FY2025£19.8m——within29.3%no doubt
LET THE CHILDREN LIVE! FY2024£793k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW HOPE FOR CHILDREN FY2025£171k—0unclear4.0%no doubt
CHILDREN IN WALES-PLANT YNG NGHYMRU FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt
SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK FY2025£6.8m——unclear—no doubt

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