CHILD GROWTH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CGF

THE CHILD GROWTH FOUNDATION IS THE UK'S LEADING CHARITY RELATING TO CHILDREN'S GROWTH. IT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH A GROWTH DISORDER. IT PROMOTES AND FUNDS RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF GROWTH DISORDERS. IT PROVIDES EDUCATION RELATING TO THE PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THOSE WITH GROWTH DISORDERS. AND IT ENCOURAGES THE REGULAR MONITORING OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Objects

(I) SUPPORT AND OFFER ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO ALL PERSONS (EITHER CHILDREN OR ADULTS) AFFECTED BY GROWTH DISORDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM;(II) PROMOTE AND FUND RESEARCH THAT WILL DIRECTLY ENHANCE THE HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AND EDUCATION OF THOSE WITH GROWTH DISORDERS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;(III) EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND WORKERS IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN PARTICULAR IN THE PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THOSE WITH GROWTH DISORDERS;(IV) ENCOURAGE THE REGULAR MONITORING OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT ALL LEVELS AND FACILITATE SUCH MONITORING BY IDENTIFYING SUITABLE EQUIPMENT; AND(V) HOLD THE CHARITY'S FUNDS AND ANY INCOME ARISING THEREFROM ON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION(S) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £66,484 for the year, driven by increased overheads and fundraising challenges. Despite this operating deficit, the trustees confirm that the charity holds healthy unrestricted reserves of £82,746, which meets their stated policy of maintaining one year's running costs.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Child Growth Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeffrey Roy Boltonchair
• Anthony Leyton-Thomas
• Clare Wood
• Jessica Watts
• Lauren Williams
• Liam Paul Russell
• Stephen George
• Vanessa Boulanger-Twigg
• Zinat Asif

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED.

• THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £563k
• FIRST GROWTH income £38k
• CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP income £6.3m
• THE CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH CIO income £339k
• THE CHILDHOOD TRUST income £3.3m
• THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

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