Just4Children

Registered charity 1164473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JUST HELPING CHILDREN · also registered in Scotland as SC046157 (OSCR)

Just4Children is passionate about the relief of sickness and preservation of health of children in the UK and Ireland by providing and assisting in the provision of grants to enable them to obtain medical treatment, therapies, living environments, equipment and holidays which would not otherwise be available to them.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND IN PARTICULAR, AND WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND GRANTS TO ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN MEDICAL TREATMENT, THERAPIES AND EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE TO THEM

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

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £27,996 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £4,094,074. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting eighteen months of operating expenditure to safeguard against income fluctuations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sexty & Co. Discloses 3 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Just4Children (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £2.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£562k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£2.1m£2.1m
30/09/2024£1.9m£2.0m
30/09/2023£2.0m£2.1m
30/09/2022£1.9m£2.1m
30/09/2021£2.6m£2.0m

Common questions

Is Just4Children financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £27,996 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £4,094,074. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting eighteen months of operating expenditure to safeguard against income fluctuations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sexty & Co.

Who funds Just4Children?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Just4Children as a grant recipient include PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£500National Donations
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

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 SICKKIDS FOUNDATION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Just4Children£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
SICKKIDS FOUNDATION UK FY2025£304k—0unclear—no doubt
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED FY2025£61.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND FY2025£262.5m—182above—no doubt
Save a Child FY2025£182k—0above—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt

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