Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

CHILDREN ENGLAND

Acting as a voice for the children young people and families voluntary sector, promoting the sector's interest and ensuring its views are heard in national and local decision making structures which have a bearing on work with children and families.The provision of advice. briefings and information to members, regional groups, government departments, statutory and non statutory organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£331£384£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£382£359£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£358£386£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£362£379£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£305£340£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£356£368£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£498£570£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£537£619£-82£9£188£1713.3100
31/03/15£662£769£-107£28£274£2523.9110
31/03/14*£608£885£-277£86£372£3524.8120
31/03/13£1,838£1,910£-72£96£649£6023.8180
31/03/12£2,030£1,986£44£124£712£2511.5160
31/03/11£1,782£1,764£18£63£667£6224.2120
31/03/10£1,663£1,643£20£127£647£2561.9140
31/03/09£1,661£1,581£81£122£613£5894.5140
31/03/08£1,158£1,238£-79£152£552£5285.1110
31/03/07£1,026£988£37£126£638£6057.3100
31/03/06£712£710£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£713£642£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£621£642£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 30 years

www.childrenengland.org.uk

kathy.evans@childrenengland.org.uk

07976575285

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Trust for London£385,400
City Bridge Trust£259,495
John Ellerman Foundation£190,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£160,000
The Blagrave Trust£150,800
Esmee Fairbairn£60,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CHILDREN ENGLAND
£20,000 03/10/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to support Children England to close well, sharing its learning and that of the young leaders of the ChildFair State Inquiry with the sector
Trust for London - Children England
£15,000 20/07/2023
The funding is to support organisations across London to host events and undertake activities during London Challenge Poverty Week 2023, with the aim of increasing participation in the week. In turn ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and Advocacy Grants
£75,400 17/07/2023
Repeat unrestricted funding
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Children England
£249,410 14/04/2023
36
£249,410 over three years (£81,177; £83,117; £85,116) for the full-time Research and Learning Officer and the 0.6 FTE Community Outreach Officer, activity and research costs and a contribution to ....more
Trust for London - Children England
£153,000 01/02/2023
The funding is for 4in10 to work towards its aim of a child poverty free London by building capacity among its members to tackle poverty more effectively in their communities; by increasing ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building the Youth-led Movement for a ChildFair State
£10,000 18/01/2023
Children England is an independent, membership organisation for the children, young people and families voluntary sector. They work to improve the context for England’s children by harnessing the ....more
Trust for London - Children England
£15,000 05/10/2022
The funding is to support organisations across London to host events and undertake activities during London Challenge Poverty Week 2022, with the aim of increasing participation in the week. In turn ....more
Trust for London - Children England
£3,400 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8264
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs, including contributions to CEO and Policy Manager salaries, and youth engagement costs
£100,000 29/09/2022
Core costs, including contributions to CEO and Policy Manager salaries, and youth engagement costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building the Youth-led Movement for a ChildFair State
£150,000 09/05/2022
Children England is an independent, membership organisation for the children, young people and families voluntary sector. They work to improve the context for England’s children by harnessing the ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Repeat unrestricted funding
£75,400 07/07/2021
An unrestricted grant to support their campaigning and policy work, providing stability and continuity to a small but leading organisation. Additional welfare grant: total funding increased by £400 ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs and activities
£90,000 21/05/2020
24
Core costs and activities
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children England
£40,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Children England
£10,085 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £10,085, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Trust for London - Children England
£199,000 26/02/2020
36
The funding is for continuation of the 4in10 network of campaigners working to end child poverty in London. It will enable the development of good practice in the voluntary and statutory sectors, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Children England
£279,520 25/07/2019
48
£279,520 over four years £40,340; £77,220; £79,720; £82,240) towards a F/t Research and Learning Manager and a P/t Community Engagement Officer; 4In10 activities and resources and a contribution ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children England
£200,000 09/04/2019
36
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation campaigning to improve outcomes for children, drawing on the expertise of its member children charities, and growing youth leadership in the sector.
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and campaigning
£75,000 19/07/2018
Campaigning for children and youth sector
Tudor Trust - Grant to Children England
£150,000 22/02/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries for this membership organisation for charities working with children, young people and families across England
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Children England
£116,000 11/05/2017
24
£116,000 over two years (£57,500; £58,500) for a f/t Research and Learning Officer and a p/t Network Membership Officer, web developments, workshops and the production of research reports for the ....more
Trust for London - Children England
£170,000 02/03/2017
36
The funding is towards the continuation and to further develop the capacity of the 4in10 network. This will enable 4in10 to work towards its aim of ending child poverty in London by supporting the ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Children England
£50,000 01/09/2015
12
To create a brand new form of public resource ownership for children under 18 years of age.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Children England
£150,000 17/06/2015
36
over three years as unrestricted funding for this membership organisation for charities working with children, young people and families across England
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Children England
£104,000 28/01/2015
24
£104,000 over two years (£51,000; £53,000) for a Membership Officer and a Research & Learning Officer, plus running costs, to enable the 4 in 10 network to develop its work tackling child ....more
London Councils - Engage London - Supporting the Children and Young People's Voluntary and Community Sector
£851,796 20/02/2013
The project aims to: 1. Develop organisational capacity and workforce skills:for CYP&F organisations 2. Extend representation, voice and influencing: 3. Strengthen key groups with a focus on ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-64
  • CLARE ELIZABETH SCHERER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • DAVID CHARLES HOLMES (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • KATHARINE SACKS-JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • MARK ROBINSON LEE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • NOORJEHAN MARIAM PIPERDY Appointed: 2020
  • RITA THERESE WATERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • SIMON CHARLES BERESFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Fundraising
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/1995, number: 1044239
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/1995, number: 03011053
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Gregory House
Coram Campus
48 Mecklenburgh Square
LONDON

Objectives

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC OR OTHER NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BY (A) PROMOTING THE NEEDS AND PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED AND THOSE IN THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH WHICH MEMBER AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED, (B) RESPONDING TO PROPOSALS AND INITIATIVES WITH AND ON BEHALF OF MEMBER ORGANISATIONS; IDENTIFYING EMERGING POLICY ISSUES BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF MEMBER ORGANISATIONS IN RELATION TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES; PRESENTING ISSUES ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS TO THE PUBLIC, THE PROFESSIONS AND GOVERNMENT, (C) PROVIDING MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC WITH APPROPRIATE INFORMATION AND ADVICE AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING NEEDS, (D) UNDERTAKING WORK FOR OTHER ORGANISATIONS ON AN AGENCY BASIS WHERE SUCH WORK FACILITATES SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COULD NOT OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED IMPROVES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEMBER ORGANISATIONS AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL OVERHEADS OF THE COMPANY AND (E) MAKING GRANTS TO MEMBER ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER CHARITIES WHICH PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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