CITIES FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1170215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CFC

We aim to protect the "right to a childhood" through three strands of work:The right to read - by supporting literacy and life skills relevant to a child's reality. The right to play - by creating child-friendly spaces with structured recreation programmes involving volunteer networks. The right to feel safe - by building staff/teacher capacity to offer protection and psychosocial support.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE IN THE URBAN SLUMS OF PAKISTAN THROUGH:(A) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION;(B) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(C) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(D) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total income of £56.9k and incurred expenditure of £34.7k, resulting in a carried forward cash fund balance of £60k. The trustees believe that current fundraising plans are sufficiently robust to cover the next 12 months costs. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cities for Children (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).

• SAP-Ashoka ChangemakerXchange — “The project was supported at different stages by a seed grant from SAP-Ashoka ChangemakerXchange exchange” (source page)
• Montessori Centre International — “The project was supported at different stages by a seed grant from SAP-Ashoka ChangemakerXchange exchange, Montessori Centre International.” (source page)
• Malala Fund — “Scaleup is now being supported by the Malala Fund Girl Programme.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jetske van Dijkchair
• Ali Nabi Nur
• DAVID WALKER
• Nabeela Ijaz Khan
• Sehar Tariq
• Usman Qureshi

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

Operates in: Pakistan

Income and spending

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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 5RIGHTS FOUNDATION.

• 5RIGHTS FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £7.2m
• CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT income £583k
• CHILD PROTECTION & REHABILITATION TRUST income £52k
• PROJECT FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN AS BRITISH CITIZENS income £192k
• CHILD ACTION income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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