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CHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRUST SOUTH AFRICA

Registered charity 1121573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are the UK fundraising arm of The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Cape Town and Paediatric Healthcare in Africa

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£298k
Latest spending
£299k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £295,914, with unrestricted reserves of £44,846 carried forward. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to cover operational costs for the 2025 financial year, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters required attention regarding the true and fair view of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Trusts and Foundations (71% of income)
“Trusts and Foundations continue to be our primary fundraising stream and accounts for 71% of overall income received.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least 6 month’s operational expenditure (held: £45k)
“it is our policy to keep a baseline of at least 6 month’s operational expenditure in our administrative account at all times.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children's Hospital Trust South Africa (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£298k£299k
31/12/2023£197k£275k
31/12/2022£264k£231k
31/12/2021£154k£103k
31/12/2020£147k£170k

Common questions

Is CHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRUST SOUTH AFRICA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £295,914, with unrestricted reserves of £44,846 carried forward. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to cover operational costs for the 2025 financial year, and the independent examiner confirmed no matters required attention regarding the true and fair view of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 FOUNDATION3£1.7m
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST2£30k
C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£5k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust2£1k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST1—
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION1£5.1m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£510k
THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION1£492k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL TRUST SOUTH AFRICA£298k—0above—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TRUST FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt
GARDEN ROUTE CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
SINCERE SUPPORT FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt

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