Child's i Foundation

Registered charity 1126212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILD'S - I FOUNDATION

Child's i Foundation believes that all children should grow up in safe & loving families supported by strong & inclusive communities. We work to ensure that children are resettled into families from institutions & other unsafe settings, addressing the root causes of separation. Our programs align with the Ugandan Children's Act & the African Charter on the Rights & Welfare of the Child (ACRWC).

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with total reserves of £485,654, comprising £65,745 in unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, this unrestricted balance represents approximately 3.7 months of average monthly unrestricted expenditure, which meets the charity's stated policy target of holding a minimum of three months' worth of reserves. The charity reported a net surplus for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Child's i Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MADELEINE GRAHAM HARDINGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amelo Oluka Ejalu
• Debbie Elizabeth Clarke Ch MCSI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joel Kibazo · trustee of 2 other charities
• Katherine Alexandra Donnison McAlpine
• Lyndsey Ann Fitzgerald
• Mable Ajuna

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• MADELEINE GRAHAM HARDING — trustee here and at THE TONY AND SHEELAGH WILLIAMS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Known funders

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

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 THE SEPARATED CHILD FOUNDATION.

• THE SEPARATED CHILD FOUNDATION income £252k
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• AllChild income £7.3m
• BLISS FAMILY CHARITY income £235k
• SURE AND FIRM FOUNDATIONS income £869k
• FRG LTD income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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