THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND

Registered charity 213890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAVE THE CHILDREN · also registered in Scotland as SC039570 (OSCR)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £9.7 million, resulting in total funds of £60.9 million. The trustees confirmed that sufficient reserves and cash resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity also noted that it is managing financial pressures from international aid cuts by matching potential income shortfalls with cost reductions.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report— the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Luisa Dörr — CEO (source)
• Helen Philpot — Corporate Advisory Board member (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• GSK
• Prudence Foundation
• Bvlgari

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Dr Tsitsi Dadirai Chawatama-Kwambanachair
• Catherine Ann Doran
• Dr Tamsyn Sherlle Barton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jason Daniel Graeme Allen
• Kajal Odedra
• Laura Catherine King
• Richard Thomas George WINTER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stuart Russell McMinnies
• TIMOTHY FALLOWFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Australia · Bangladesh · Belgium · Bhutan · Bolivia · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cambodia · Central African Republic

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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