LUNA CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1172010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION FOR CHILD TRAUMA INTERNATIONAL

A child-centred volunteer-led organisation that trains and supports local people working with children and young people traumatised by conflict, violence and disaster.

Objects

A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND/OR TRAUMAB) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S RIGHTS IN PART, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, UNDER THE UN CONVENTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a nominal surplus of £2,221 for the year ended March 2025, with total incoming resources of £35,341 and resources expended of £33,120. The trustees confirm that liquidity levels are matched to the scope of delivery, and unrestricted reserves increased to £14,373. The charity is currently operating with minimal overheads and is planning for its closure in 2027 through partnerships with other organizations.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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)

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/10/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stella Charmanchair
• Barbara Simpson
• Dr Yara Fardous
• Jenny Cuffe
• Saif Ghauri
• Simon James Stewart
• Victoria Burch

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

Operates in: Armenia · Colombia · Jordan · Liberia · The Gambia · Throughout England · Turkey · Uganda · Yemen

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRONTLINE CHILDREN.

• FRONTLINE CHILDREN income £13k
• LUNA'S FUND income £133k
• CHILDREN'S LINKS income £3.5m
• UNITE 4 HUMANITY income £1.1m
• THE RONA TRUST income £641k
• LARK CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £440k

Side by side with its peers

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