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.

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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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Ann Haigh-Reeve
Fiona Isaac
Gareth Stratton
Natasha Sara Khojasteh
Simon Mark Dallender
Trudi Louise Beswick

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Young K&C	1	—
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST	1	—
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£2.0m
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
AVRA FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED	1	£575k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£500k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£500k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEVEL WATER.

LEVEL WATER income £1.7m
SWIMTAYKA income £111k
AllChild income £7.3m
WATER FOR KIDS income £128k
CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST income £1.4m
DAME ALLAN'S SCHOOLS income £19.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Children's Alliance	£423k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEVEL WATER FY2025	£1.7m	£120,001 - £130,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
SWIMTAYKA FY2024	£111k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AllChild FY2025	£7.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
WATER FOR KIDS FY2026	£128k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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