SAFE CHILD THAILAND

Registered charity 1085407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFE CHILD THAILAND LTD, THE PATTAYA ORPHANAGE TRUST, THE THAI CHILDREN'S TRUST

Provides food,housing,general care and education to beneficiaries and establish vocational training centres,drop in centres and schools for beneficiaries in Thailand

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE2. THE FEEDING, HOUSING, GENERAL CARE AND EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE3. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WORK WITH PARENTS, CARERS OR GUARDIANS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE REFERRED TO ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(THE AREA OF BENEFIT BEING THAILAND AND ITS BORDER COUNTRIES)

Area of benefit: THAILAND AND ITS BORDER COUNTRIES

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£516k
Latest spending
£505k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds were £3,999,000 at the end of the financial year. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. The charity's total income was £3,999,000 and total expenditure was £3,999,000, resulting in a balanced financial position for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 03/02/2022, 3 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Safe Child Thailand (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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£516k
Total spending
£505k
Cost of raising funds
£123k
Reserves (reported)
£309k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Thailand

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£516k£505k
31/03/2024£619k£667k
31/03/2023£544k£709k
31/03/2022£539k£619k
31/03/2021£761k£678k

Common questions

Is SAFE CHILD THAILAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds were £3,999,000 at the end of the financial year. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. The charity's total income was £3,999,000 and total expenditure was £3,999,000, resulting in a balanced financial position for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by none.

Who funds SAFE CHILD THAILAND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAFE CHILD THAILAND as a grant recipient include EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£15kInternational projects
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£12kOverseas education
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kOverseas July 2023
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£5k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£3k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£1k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1kCategory Header
UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION UKFY2020amount not stated

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAFE CHILD THAILAND£516k—0unclear—no doubt
THAI CHILDREN FOUNDATION FY2024£7k—0above—no doubt
UK CARE 4 THAILAND FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
SAFE CHILD AFRICA FY2025£74k—0unclear—no doubt
HELP THE CAMBODIAN CHILDREN FY2026£53k——unclear—no doubt
SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN FY2025£7.2m——unclear—no doubt

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