UK CARE FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1124927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEBANESE RELIEF, UKC4C

The objectives of the charity are the provision of general charitable welfare services such as poverty relief, medical assistance, the promotion of education and related projects. Assisting children and families and communities as needed, mainly in the Middle East.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £400,908 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,942,178 to £1,542,249. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed that unrestricted funds are sufficient to operate as a going concern for at least one year and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 7.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The cost of raising funds and related operations amounted to £103,474 (2023 - £91,320) which is 7.5% of the total income.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least one year (held: £1.5m)

“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested are maintained at a level that allows the charity to operate as a going concern for at least one year.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by M Akram & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£103k

Reserves (reported)

£1.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 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 (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: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Khadidja Saidani
MOHAMAD ABDUL KARIM KOZBAR · trustee of 4 other charities
Salah Addin Salman

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

Operates in: Jordan · Lebanon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.4m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£1.4m	£1.9m
31/12/2022	£1.6m	£2.8m
31/12/2021	£1.7m	£2.8m
31/12/2020	£4.9m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is UK CARE FOR CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £400,908 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £1,942,178 to £1,542,249. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed that unrestricted funds are sufficient to operate as a going concern for at least one year and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by M Akram & Co.

Who funds UK CARE FOR CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UK CARE FOR CHILDREN as a grant recipient include HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION, THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION	FY2022	£238k	Donations and non-performance grants
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£5k
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£2k

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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY	1	—
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£500k
CHARITY MEALS	1	£425k
ISSA FOUNDATION	1	£415k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	1	£390k
ST. JAMES'S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£341k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARE UK Charity.

CARE UK Charity income £470k
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF income £406k
WAFA RELIEF income £560k
ORPHANS IN NEED income £23.5m
GOODWILL CHILDREN'S HOMES income £140k
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UK CARE FOR CHILDREN	£1.4m	—	0	above	7.5%	no doubt
CARE UK Charity FY2025	£470k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FY2024	£406k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WAFA RELIEF FY2025	£560k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ORPHANS IN NEED FY2025	£23.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
GOODWILL CHILDREN'S HOMES FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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