CHILDLIFE

Registered charity 1080536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childlife helps to improve the lives of children and young people throughout the UK by raising funds for the work of its four member charities. Our partner charities supporting children are Ataxia UK, Acorns Children's Hospice, National Deaf Children's Society and the National Children's Bureau.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BY ENABLING THE MEMBER CHARITIES THE BETTER TO MEET THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rushmoor, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £12,008 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £788,253 to £776,245. Despite this deficit, the charity's free reserves of £776,245 remain significantly above its stated policy target of between £250,961 and £501,921. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Barnes Noble Ltd. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03696656

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

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.

• ALI, Kaveed Jon-Marc Roberto — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
• FERRIS, Christopher — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
• POWRIE, James Douglas — director, appointed 23/10/2025not on trustee list
• RIMINGTON, Andrea — secretary, appointed 06/12/2017

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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: 60.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Ferris
• Jamie Powrie
• Kaveed Ali · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Jane Millman · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWLIFE THE CHARITY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN.

• NEWLIFE THE CHARITY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN income £15.4m
• ACTION FOR CHILDREN income £163.4m
• FRONTLINE CHILDREN income £13k
• LIFE SUPPORT income £381k
• LIFE CHILD FOUNDATION UK income £76k
• CHILDFLIGHT income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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