BBC CHILDREN IN NEED

Registered charity 802052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q2595862 · Wikipedia · also known as THE BBC CHILDREN IN NEED APPEAL · also registered in Scotland as SC039557 (OSCR)

The Charity?s objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Directors may in their discretion think fit and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to relieve need, hardship, sickness, handicap and distress amongst children and young persons.

Objects

The Charity's objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Trustees think fit and in particular to advance life and help children and young people, in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) through the relief of need, hardship, ill-health, disability and distress.

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £62.9 million, significantly exceeding the stated continuity target of £12.75 million. The charity reported a net income of £9.4 million and holds sufficient liquidity to meet grant commitments over the next one to three years. The trustees confirmed that assets exceed liabilities and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

In the news

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

• Big Zuu joins the presenter line up for BBC Children in Need Appeal Night on Friday 14 November bbc.co.uk · 20/10/2025
• Big Zuu joins the presenter line up for BBC Children in Need Appeal Night on Friday 14 November bbc.com · 20/10/2025

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: CHILDREN IN NEED LIMITED Companies House 02461031
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04723022

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BBC Children in Need (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HIDALGO, Patricia Reina — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• THOMAS, Helen Mariam — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• WALLACE, Jo — director, appointed 19/10/2023on trustee list
• TAVAZIVA, Leigh — director, appointed 01/10/2022on trustee list
• BIJA, Cherrie Michelle — director, appointed 11/05/2022on trustee list
• BRYAN, Randel — director, appointed 17/01/2022on trustee list
• FAIRCLOUGH, James Edward — director, appointed 01/10/2021on trustee list
• MUNRO, Jonathan Charles — director, appointed 02/05/2020on trustee list
• BURNS, Rhona Ann — director, appointed 02/05/2020on trustee list
• CLIFTON, Kieran Oliver Edward — director, appointed 15/10/2019on trustee list
• BRADLEY, Trevor Bryan — director, appointed 26/06/2019on trustee list
• IMAFIDON, Kenny — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
• SCOWCROFT, Nicky — secretary, appointed 17/01/2025

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (1,058,540 likes) · instagram (156K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Faircloughchair
• Cherrie Bija
• Helen Thomas
• Jane Holbrook
• Jo Wallace
• Jonathan Munro
• Kenny Imafidon
• Kieran Clifton
• Mrunal Dave
• Patricia Hidalgo
• RANDEL BRYAN
• Rhona Burns
• Trevor Bradley
• Zahra Hedges

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

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Side by side with its peers

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