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SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1076822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE INTERNATIONAL SAVE THE CHILDREN ALLIANCE CHARITY

Save the Children works in around 120 countries to deliver immediate and lasting change to children's lives. We program across all contexts to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected. Save the Children International and 29 member organisations make up Save the Children Association. Together in 2015 we reached 62 million children directly through our and our partners' work.

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

Latest income
£1103.5m
Latest spending
£1180.8m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 8% to $1,410 million, while total expenditure was $1,509 million, resulting in a net outgoing resource position. The charity's net assets dropped significantly from $209 million to $111 million, driven largely by a reduction in cash and humanitarian pooled funding carried forward. Per the trustees' report, the organization is continuing as a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, supported by unrestricted reserves and member indemnities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant income received from Save the Children Association
“Grants of USD 55,841,942 (2023: USD 51,619,644) were received by Save the Children International from Save the Children Association.” — page 90
“Grant income of USD 1,222,742,000 (2023: USD 1,333,880,000) was received from the members for international programming activities.” — page 90
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant income received from Save the Children members
“Grants of USD 55,841,942 (2023: USD 51,619,644) were received by Save the Children International from Save the Children Association.” — page 90
“Grant income of USD 1,222,742,000 (2023: USD 1,333,880,000) was received from the members for international programming activities.” — page 90
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Contributions to working capital from members
“Grants of USD 55,841,942 (2023: USD 51,619,644) were received by Save the Children International from Save the Children Association.” — page 90
“Grant income of USD 1,222,742,000 (2023: USD 1,333,880,000) was received from the members for international programming activities.” — page 90
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donated goods from members
“Grants of USD 55,841,942 (2023: USD 51,619,644) were received by Save the Children International from Save the Children Association.” — page 90
“Grant income of USD 1,222,742,000 (2023: USD 1,333,880,000) was received from the members for international programming activities.” — page 90
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Commission issued an Official Warning to Save the Children International after finding breaches of trust and mismanagement regarding staff safeguarding, governance oversight, and whistleblowing procedures. The Charity was required to implement an action plan to improve governance, ensure policy compliance, and investigate serious allegations timely.
The report states the Charity failed to ensure staff followed policies in response to a live security concern, failing to safeguard staff.
“The Charity failed to ensure staff followed policies and procedures in response to a live security concern, failing to safeguard staff.”
The report states the Charity failed to adequately oversee the governance of the country office, which led to substantial policy breaches and a lack of accountability.
“The Charity failed to adequately oversee the governance of the country office, which led to substantial policy breaches and a lack of accountability”
The report states the Charity failed to adequately assess and escalate reported whistleblowing incidents in a timely manner.
“The Charity failed to adequately assess and escalate reported whistleblowing incidents in a timely manner.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

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.

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

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 (132,182 likes) · instagram (2,916 followers)

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

Total income
£1103.5m
Total spending
£1180.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£12.9m
Employees
16,153

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Bolivia · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cambodia · Central African Republic · China · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic)

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1103.5m£1180.8m
31/12/2023£1216.3m£1222.6m
31/12/2022£1309.5m£1240.2m
31/12/2021£988.0m£956.4m
31/12/2020£876.5m£860.4m

Common questions

Is SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by 8% to $1,410 million, while total expenditure was $1,509 million, resulting in a net outgoing resource position. The charity's net assets dropped significantly from $209 million to $111 million, driven largely by a reduction in cash and humanitarian pooled funding carried forward. Per the trustees' report, the organization is continuing as a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, supported by unrestricted reserves and member indemnities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/10/2022£8kOxReGen Wind Turbine Mini-grid Pilot
UK government21/10/2022£44kOxReGen Wind Turbine Mini-grid Pilot

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
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED2£519k
CHOOSE LOVE2£270k
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£166k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT2£100k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED2£65k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION2£30k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST2£11k
THE OAKDALE TRUST2£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Save a Child.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL£1103.5m——unclear—no doubt
Save a Child FY2025£182k—0above—no doubt
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND FY2025£262.5m—182above—no doubt
SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES UK FY2025£6.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE WORLD CHILDREN'S FUND FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
SAVE AN ORPHAN (INTERNATIONAL) FY2024£2.2m——below—no doubt

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