THEIRWORLD

Registered charity 1092312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PIGGYBANKKIDS

1) THE RELIEF OF POOR OR INFIRM CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

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

Latest income

£7.4m

Latest spending

£9.0m

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £7,414,859 against total expenditure of £8,967,599, resulting in a net expenditure for the period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £4,733,883, while the charity maintains a reserves policy target of nine months of core cash flow equivalent to £1,900,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“£160,000 - £169,999 1”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 12

“12 employees earned more than £60,000 during the period” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: nine months of core cash flow equivalent to £1,900,000 (held: £4.7m)

“will look to hold a balance to maintain core cash flow for a period of nine months which is equivalent to £1,900,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Theirworld Projects Limited

“The wholly owned trading subsidiary, Theirworld Projects Limited (company number: 04326134)” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £140,001 - £150,000 (FY2023) to £160,001 - £170,000 (FY2024).
Employees paid over £60,000: 7 (FY2023) → 12 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Sarah Brown — Chair (source)
Justin van Fleet — President (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Stellantis — “The Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator is an annual programme, led by the Global Business Coalition for Education supported by Stellant…” (source page)
Dell — “The Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator is an annual programme, led by the Global Business Coalition for Education supported by Stellant…” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£7.4m

Total spending

£9.0m

Cost of raising funds

£250k

Reserves (reported)

£4.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SARAH JANE BROWNchair
Charles Jurd
DAVID JOHN BOUTCHER
Ian Laing
LUCY DOUGHTY · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Neena Modi · trustee of 2 other charities
Theodosia Sowa CBE

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

Operates in: Cambodia · Greece · India · Kenya · Lebanon · Scotland · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey · Uganda · Ukraine · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£7.4m	£9.0m
31/12/2023	£6.6m	£6.4m
31/12/2022	£8.0m	£6.4m
31/12/2021	£8.3m	£6.2m
30/11/2020	£8.6m	£5.9m

Common questions

Is THEIRWORLD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £7,414,859 against total expenditure of £8,967,599, resulting in a net expenditure for the period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £4,733,883, while the charity maintains a reserves policy target of nine months of core cash flow equivalent to £1,900,000. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THEIRWORLD earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band, and 12 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THEIRWORLD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THEIRWORLD as a grant recipient include THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	10/02/2025	£2.5m	Regular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery	01/12/2023	£2.5m	Regular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery	28/02/2023	£2.6m	Regular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery	09/02/2022	£2.5m	Regular Grant 2022

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JD FOUNDATION	2	£1.1m
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£425k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	2	£191k
THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£185k
PHILIP BREEZE WILL TRUST	2	£80k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£67k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£52k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.

THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND income £262.5m
ORPHANS IN NEED income £23.5m
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF income £406k
THE WORLD CHILDREN'S FUND income £1.1m
YOUNG MINDS TRUST income £7.9m
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN income £120.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THEIRWORLD	£7.4m	£160,001 - £170,000	12	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND FY2025	£262.5m	—	182	above	—	no doubt
ORPHANS IN NEED FY2025	£23.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FY2024	£406k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORLD CHILDREN'S FUND FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUNG MINDS TRUST FY2025	£7.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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