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Children's Alliance

Registered charity 1205189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE, THE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE CIC, THE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE CIO - THE WATER BABIES FOUNDATION

The Children's Alliance has been set up to give children and young people access to water; this can be in the form of swimming lessons, transport to lessons, water activities that support mental and physical health, specialist swimwear and other similar projects. Grants are given to individual projects.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS TO: 3.1 PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO WATER AND INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; AND3.2 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO, AND HOLDING CONFERENCES IN RELATION TO, CHILDREN’S HEALTH, WELFARE, WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC AND RAISING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH MATTERS.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£423k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £698,257, resulting from a significant surplus of £324,379 in the year ended 31 July 2025. However, the trustees explicitly acknowledge sustainability issues, noting that the charity currently relies financially on being a beneficiary from a single fundraising event.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“We were the beneficiary of one fundraising event during the year, a Water Babies’ Splashathon. We received £422,622 from this event.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children's Alliance (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income
£521k
Total spending
£147k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£423k£98k
31/07/2024£521k£147k

Common questions

Is Children's Alliance financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £698,257, resulting from a significant surplus of £324,379 in the year ended 31 July 2025. However, the trustees explicitly acknowledge sustainability issues, noting that the charity currently relies financially on being a beneficiary from a single fundraising event. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION2£45k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£300k
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST1£170k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION1£93k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED1£77k
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£70k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£31k
ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARY1£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Children's Alliance£423k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST FY2026£490k—0above—no doubt
LEVEL WATER FY2025£1.7m£120,001 - £130,0001unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR LIFE CHANCES FY2026£428k£70,000 to £80,0001unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S LINKS FY2025£3.5m—0unclear—no doubt
MARITIME CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt

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