INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 254781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICT

ICT funds, develops and supports it's Partners who are working with severely disadvantaged and 'at risk' children, their families and their communities in low and middle income countries, and helps to develop an effective network between Partners whose similarities and differences combine to form a collective experience in the field of international child development.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £18,952, which the trustees consider equivalent to 12 months' expenditure. The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern, noting no material uncertainties exist. However, the financial report acknowledges that the funding environment remains a challenge and that the charity relies on voluntary or low-cost support for key personnel.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month's expenditure (held: £19k)
“It is Council of Management Policy to maintain reserves that cover a minimum of 1 months’ expenditure in the United Kingdom”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ICT (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Ecuador · India · Mexico · Sri Lanka · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£117k£54k
31/03/2024£42k£30k
31/03/2023£40k£70k
31/03/2022£61k£70k
31/03/2021£59k£69k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £18,952, which the trustees consider equivalent to 12 months' expenditure. The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern, noting no material uncertainties exist. However, the financial report acknowledges that the funding environment remains a challenge and that the charity relies on voluntary or low-cost support for key personnel. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TRUST as a grant recipient include THE OAKDALE TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£2k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kINTERNATIONAL

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2006£154kEducational Access & Retention for Child Domestic Workers in the Philippine

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 THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TRUST£117k—0above—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE BETHANY CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2025£143k—0above—no doubt
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST FY2025£3.3m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD FY2025£2.3m—0below—no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHARITY FY2025£279k—0unclear—no doubt

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