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CHILDNET

Registered charity 1080173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDNET INTERNATIONAL

Childnet's mission is to work in partnership with others worldwide to help make the Internet a great & safe place for children. Our vision is to ensure that all those involved in developing, producing, controlling, using & regulating international telecoms , recognise & implement policies and programmes which prioritise the rights of children so that their interests are both promoted & protected

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Latest income
£739k
Latest spending
£776k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £37,316 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £88,736. The trustees acknowledge a significant challenge in fundraising for unrestricted income but confirm that sufficient funding exists to maintain current operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £84k)
“For the year ending 31 March 2025, the Directors and Trustees had previously set a reserves policy objective of having a level of reserves sufficient to cover 3 months operational costs at any one time. This is estimated currently to be around the region of £150,000.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income
£739k
Total spending
£776k
Cost of raising funds
£761
Reserves (reported)
£84k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£739k£776k
31/03/2024£891k£1.0m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2021£960k£940k

Common questions

Is CHILDNET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £37,316 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £88,736. The trustees acknowledge a significant challenge in fundraising for unrestricted income but confirm that sufficient funding exists to maintain current operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

Who funds CHILDNET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHILDNET as a grant recipient include THE MILLBY FOUNDATION, EMERTON-CHRISTIE CHARITY, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MILLBY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE MILLBY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE MILLBY FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
EMERTON-CHRISTIE CHARITYFY2025£2k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k

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 PENNIES FOUNDATION2£502k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY1—
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£1.1m
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.1m
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£500k
THE INDIGO TRUST1£300k
THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£175k
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST1£115k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDNET£739k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION FY2025£7.0m——above—no doubt
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN FY2025£120.3m——within—no doubt
5RIGHTS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED FY2025£61.0m——unclear—no doubt

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