NURTURE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1173351 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOUNDATION FOR BALANCED MEAL A DAY FOR CHILDREN ( FBMADFC), NURTURE THE CHILDREN (FBMADFC) LTD

Nurture the Children International an opportunity to join in the fight against child neglect. We help children across the UK build mental resilience and a healthy level of cultural awareness. Supporting our education, feeding, water and health programs, also provides sponsors a simple way to support the world's most vulnerable children and put an end to child hunger, poverty and exploitation.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE NEED AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE POOREST BOROUGHS ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF MENTAL WELLBEING WITH PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO BE DELIVERED IN SCHOOLS, ALSO IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FUNDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND PROVIDING FEEDING PROGRAMMES IN SCHOOLS –SUCH AS, BREAKFAST CLUBS. 2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had net assets of £14,193 at the end of the financial year, with cash at bank of £14,175. The trustees report that the organisation aims to maintain unrestricted reserves to support service continuity and new programmes, though the specific policy target is not quantified in monetary terms.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level that supports continuity of services, investment in new programmes where needs are identified, core costs that may not be readily funded by restricted grants, and orderly winding-down costs where necessary (reserves figure: £14k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted/free reserves at a level that supports continuity of services, investment in new programmes where needs are identified, core costs that may not be readily funded by restricted grants, and orderly winding-down costs where necessary.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £2,000 — contracts £2,000 (1); 12% of the £16,621 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 65
  • Government income: £1,988 — grants £1,988 (1,999); 12% of the £16,621 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2025 (received 20/09/2026, 173 days after the 31/03/2026 due date); year ending 31/05/2023 (received 14/06/2024, 75 days after the 31/03/2024 due date); year ending 31/05/2021 (received 04/05/2022, 34 days after the 31/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nurture the Children International (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Brighton And Hove · Cambridgeshire · Coventry City · Derby City · Derbyshire · Essex · Luton · Nigeria · Oxfordshire · Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£27k£18k
31/05/2024£17k£20k
31/05/2023£17k£20k
31/05/2022£15k£4k
31/05/2021£11k£3k

Common questions

Is NURTURE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had net assets of £14,193 at the end of the financial year, with cash at bank of £14,175. The trustees report that the organisation aims to maintain unrestricted reserves to support service continuity and new programmes, though the specific policy target is not quantified in monetary terms. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NURTURE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NURTURE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include CAMDEN GIVING.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CAMDEN GIVINGFY2023£2kWe Make Camden Kit

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Camden Giving18/10/2022£2kNurture The Children International
The National Lottery Community Fund02/08/2019£10kLove Peace Program (LPP)

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 Nurture Education Trust Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NURTURE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL£27k—0unclear—no doubt
Nurture Education Trust Ltd FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
THE NURTURE GROUP NETWORK LIMITED FY2025£2.1m£80,001 - £90,0001within—no doubt
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK FY2025£61.7m£163,495—unclear—no doubt
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£7.2m——above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PALLIATIVE CARE NETWORK FY2025£738k—0unclear—no doubt

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