THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN

Registered charity 216401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NSPCC · also registered in Scotland as SC037717 (OSCR)

1) TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WRONGS OF CHILDREN AND THE CORRUPTION OF THEIR MORALS; 2) TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR THEIR PROTECTION; 3) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN ORGANISATION FOR THE ABOVE OBJECTS; 4) TO DO ALL OTHER SUCH LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £120.3 million while total expenditure was £122.2 million, resulting in a net movement in funds of £6.3 million. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £63.5 million, which the trustees consider equivalent to 5.9 months of forward expenditure, falling within their stated policy target of three to six months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• As millions of schoolchildren break for the May half-term today, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has issued fresh guidance for parents grappling with childcare challenges and wondering at what age their son or daughter facebook.com · 22/05/2026
• As millions of schoolchildren break for the May half-term today, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has issued fresh guidance for parents grappling with childcare challenges and wondering at what age their son or daughter facebook.com · 22/05/2026

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: NSPCC scores 1.6/5 from 52 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Scottchair
• ANDREW CAMERON KERR
• Abigail Zein
• Albert Lawrence Heaney
• Eithne Mary Fiona Daly
• Emma Jane Smyth
• Gillian Bruton
• Ife Grillo
• Kathleen Ruth Saxton
• Ryan Jean Stourton den Rooijen
• Sajad Manzoor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheanna Patelmaster

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.

• THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND income £262.5m
• SHINE@NECHELLSPOD income £186k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS DURHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £315k
• INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF income £406k
• BNJC income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

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