It's a Penalty

Registered charity 1161848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, HCIF

FUNDRAISING TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM EXPLOITATION, ABUSE AND/OR ALLEVIATING CHILD POVERTY IN CITIES HOSTING SPORTING EVENTS AND ELSEWHERE;GRANTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN CITIES HOSTING SPORTING EVENTS AND ELSEWHERE;CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD EXPLOITATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENACTMENT, STRENGTHENING AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION GLOBALLY.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY PROTECTING THEM FROM SEXUAL AND OTHER EXPLOITATION.(2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS AND SERVICES TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £173,941 for the 15-month period, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £195,402. The trustees confirm that these reserves are equivalent to three months of salary costs and that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

What the charity says about itself (2026)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Its a Penalty (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Atlas Free — “Atlas Free are building a global movement uniting funders, adventurers, and everyday people with the best local organizations in the world. …” (source page)
• Sysdoc — “It’s a Penalty and CommonProtect are proudly supported by Sysdoc, a global consulting and IT business. Sysdoc is a recognised leader in enab…” (source page)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation — “The Thomson Reuters Foundation is a global leader in supporting free, independent journalism, human and women’s rights, and the rule of law.…” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cameron Watson
• Christianne Clare Williamson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth McMahon
• Isabel Falkenberg
• Mehr Makhdoom Malik
• Rachel Aron

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

Operates in: Australia · Hong Kong · Japan · South Korea · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

• THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN income £120.3m
• KIDS-IN-ACTION income £443k
• Belton Playgroup income £163k
• SEX MATTERS income £1.4m
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• RECREATION AND EASY ACCESS FOR DISABLED YOUTH income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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