SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
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Cash
£102m
-4.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£61m
-13.7% vs 2024
Employees
779
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
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Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £304,834,000 | £262,508,000 | -13.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,977,000 | -£10,619,000 | -167% | |
| Cash | £106,429,000 | £101,895,000 | -4.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £82,134,000 | £67,683,000 | -17.6% | |
| Net assets | £70,638,000 | £60,929,000 | -13.7% | |
| Equity | £70,638,000 | £60,929,000 | -13.7% | |
| Average employees | 770 | 779 | +1.2% | |
| Wages | £45,695,000 | £43,770,000 | -4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.3% | -4.0% |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Charitable Company or to cease operations, and as they have concluded that the Group’s and the Charitable Company’s financial position means that it is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that have cast significant doubt over the ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ('the going concern period').”
Group structure
- SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND · parent
- Save the Children (Sales) Limited 100%
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy Enterprises Limited 100%
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy 100%
- Humanitarian Leadership Academy 1 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025, the UK’s campaign against two-child benefit cap contributed to the government’s decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap. This policy change is expected to lift 450,000 children out of poverty.”
- “The Save the Children global movement directly supported 37.8 million children in 92 countries around the world in 2025.”
- “Achieved £18m worth of delivered life-saving supplies to children caught in conflict and crisis.”
- “Supported over 2 million children with life-saving food, nutrition and medical treatment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 115 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, Victoria Mary Diana | Secretary | 2026-02-04 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Jason Daniel Graeme | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jun 1986 | British |
| BARTON, Tamsyn Sherlle, Dr | Director | 2025-07-01 | May 1962 | British |
| CHAWATAMA-KWAMBANA, Tsitsi Dadirai, Dr | Director | 2021-01-25 | Mar 1978 | British |
| DORAN, Catherine Ann | Director | 2022-12-01 | Mar 1957 | Irish |
| FALLOWFIELD, Timothy | Director | 2023-02-23 | Dec 1963 | British |
| KING, Laura Catherine | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jun 1984 | British |
| MCMINNIES, Stuart Russell | Director | 2025-03-06 | Mar 1968 | British |
| ODEDRA, Kajal | Director | 2019-07-16 | Aug 1984 | British |
| WINTER, Richard Thomas George | Director | 2020-01-13 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 115 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARONSON, Michael John | Secretary | 1995-05-01 | 2002-07-25 |
| BANKS, Peter Hitchen | Secretary | 2012-02-17 | 2012-06-25 |
| BRACEWELL, Bonike | Secretary | 2023-03-27 | 2026-02-03 |
| BUDD, Gillian Susan | Secretary | 2008-06-12 | 2009-09-18 |
| EDWARDS, Abra Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-10-04 | 2023-03-27 |
| EDWARDS, Abra Elizabeth | Secretary | 2019-07-30 | 2019-10-08 |
| HARLOCK, Peter Francis Travers | Secretary | 2002-07-25 | 2006-07-20 |
| HINTON, Nicholas John | Secretary | — | 1995-04-30 |
| KAVANAGH, Nicholas | Secretary | 2006-07-20 | 2007-05-24 |
| PATEL, Habibunnisha | Secretary | 2019-10-08 | 2022-09-09 |
| SALTER, Polly | Secretary | 2009-09-18 | 2012-02-17 |
| SALTER, Polly | Secretary | 2007-05-24 | 2008-06-12 |
| WILLIS, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2012-06-26 | 2019-08-01 |
| ACHESON, Ernest Donald, Sir | Director | 1991-09-26 | 1993-09-23 |
| ANDERSON, Adele Helen | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2017-12-08 |
| BAKER, Mark Alexander Wyndham | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2004-07-15 |
| BAMFORD, Terence Donald | Director | 1995-10-26 | 2003-07-22 |
| BARKER, Sally Jeniffer Holden | Director | — | 1996-10-01 |
| BARTON, John Bernard | Director | 1992-10-22 | 1997-09-25 |
| BECHT, Lambertus Johannes Hermanus | Director | 2013-09-16 | 2014-07-03 |
| BENNETT-JONES, Peter | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2019-01-07 |
| BETT, Michael, Sir | Director | 1992-10-22 | 1998-09-24 |
| BOARDMAN, Nigel Patrick Gray | Director | 2009-03-13 | 2011-06-16 |
| BOYD, Simon Donald Rupert Neville, The Viscount Boyd Of Merton | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| BRYER, David Ronald William, Dr | Director | 2002-05-16 | 2009-12-01 |
| BUTLER, James, Sir | Director | 1993-09-23 | 2000-09-28 |
| BUTTERFIELD, John Michael | Director | — | 1993-09-23 |
| CAMERON, Cecil Newella Therese, Lady | Director | 1991-09-26 | 2001-10-22 |
| CARNEY, Diana Lisa | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2018-12-31 |
| CHAHAL, Kirtbir Kaur | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2025-10-15 |
| CHANDLER, Lucy Bertha, Lady | Director | — | 1996-09-17 |
| CLARKE, Barry Keith | Director | 1993-09-23 | 2003-05-23 |
| CLARKE, Barry Keith | Director | — | 1992-12-01 |
| CLAYTON, Cynthia Ann | Director | — | 1991-09-26 |
| COOPER HOHN, Jamie Anne | Director | 2014-02-28 | 2019-02-26 |
| D'SOUZA, Frances Clare, Rthon Baroness | Director | 1995-10-26 | 2002-09-23 |
| DAVIES, Gareth Thomas | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2019-05-31 |
| DAVIS, Jahnine Makeda | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2022-08-02 |
| DHOLAKIA, Navnit, Lord | Director | — | 2000-09-28 |
| DUFFIELD, Arabella Elizabeth | Director | 2017-02-17 | 2025-02-16 |
| DUNCAN, Alexander | Director | 2005-05-19 | 2013-04-17 |
| EISENSTADT, Naomi Helen | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2020-06-24 |
| ESIRI, Mark Leslie Vivian | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2017-07-13 |
| FAHY, Anne Kathleen | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2024-10-16 |
| GEBREYES, Tsega | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2011-10-24 |
| GIBBINS, Michael Edward Stanley | Director | 1996-10-04 | 1997-09-19 |
| GLADSTONE, Jessica Catherine | Director | 2020-05-11 | 2025-12-10 |
| GOLANT, Farah Ramzan | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2017-02-25 |
| GOURLAY, Josephine Mary | Director | 1995-11-23 | 1997-11-10 |
| GUMBONZVANDA, Nyaradzayi | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2014-06-28 |
| GUY, Alison | Director | 1994-04-27 | 1994-05-26 |
| HARDMAN, Victoria Frances | Director | 1998-09-24 | 2005-07-21 |
| HARROD, Dominick | Director | — | 1996-09-17 |
| HAYMAN, Peter Ivor | Director | — | 1993-09-23 |
| HINGLEY, Robert Charles Anthony | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2015-12-09 |
| HIPPISLEY, Caroline Ann | Director | 1997-11-11 | 2000-11-10 |
| HOOD, Diana, Viscountess | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
| HUDSON, Norman Barrie | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2005-07-21 |
| INGRAM, Tamara | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| JAGELMAN, Susan | Director | 2001-10-22 | 2006-05-19 |
| JAMES, Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert | Director | 2014-02-28 | 2019-07-09 |
| KATZ, Jonathan | Director | 1997-09-25 | 2003-07-22 |
| KEARNEY, Joy | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2003-09-02 |
| KHAN, Razia | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2025-07-07 |
| KUENSSBERG, Sally Carolyn Glen | Director | 2003-11-06 | 2011-12-08 |
| LAMROCK, Robert James | Director | 1997-04-23 | 2000-05-09 |
| LONG, Jane Caroline | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| LOVERING, John David | Director | 1996-02-22 | 1997-01-29 |
| MACANDREW, Nicholas Rupert | Director | 2003-02-06 | 2008-03-14 |
| MAHMOOD, Jemilah, Dr | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2009-12-01 |
| MARRIS, Judith Ann | Director | 1998-10-10 | 2003-07-22 |
| MCBAIN, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2019-01-07 |
| MCCORMICK, Sophia Jane Aubrey, Dr | Director | 2012-03-27 | 2020-03-26 |
| MCFARLAND, Gordon Adrian | Director | 2022-01-24 | 2023-06-23 |
| MEARS, Wyn | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2008-09-04 |
| MELROSE, Dianna Patricia | Director | 2017-06-23 | 2025-07-10 |
| MIDHA, Olive Marion | Director | 1995-10-21 | 1998-10-10 |
| MITCHELMORE, Barbara Joan | Director | 2000-11-10 | 2003-11-07 |
| MOFFAT, Simon Alexander | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2000-09-28 |
| MOLEDINA, Shaukat | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2010-09-16 |
| MYERS, Geoffrey | Director | 1993-09-23 | 1999-09-30 |
| NATUSCH, Gillian Ann | Director | — | 1992-11-12 |
| NEUBERGER, Julia Babette Sarah, Rabbi | Director | 1994-09-29 | 1996-10-31 |
| NEWHOUSE, Anthony Edward | Director | — | 1992-10-06 |
| PARKER, Alan, Sir | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2017-11-15 |
| PEPPIATT, Brian Kenneth | Director | — | 1999-09-30 |
| PHILIPPS, Ingrid Getilda | Director | 1992-10-06 | 1995-09-28 |
| RANDERY, Tanuja | Director | 2019-07-08 | 2021-09-30 |
| REID, Judith Christina | Director | 1992-11-12 | 1995-10-27 |
| RICHARDS, Hazel, Lady | Director | — | 1991-09-26 |
| RICHARDS, Hazel, Lady | Director | — | 1991-09-26 |
| RIPERT, David Clement | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2023-08-03 |
| ROSEN, Lisa | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2019-10-08 |
| RUSSELL, David George | Director | 2003-09-24 | 2007-02-28 |
| SAYER, Susan Jocelyn | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2004-07-15 |
| SHAW, Gillian Anne | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| SHIELDS, Joanna | Director | 2010-03-09 | 2012-12-11 |
| SMITH, Colin Deverell | Director | 2001-03-29 | 2005-09-15 |
| SOYOYE, Babatunde Temitope | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2026-03-24 |
| SRIDHAR, Devi, Dr | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2016-05-31 |
| STEEL, Charles Richard Arklay | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2021-01-25 |
| STRACHAN, James Murray | Director | 1999-05-27 | 2002-09-23 |
| STROUD, Charles Eric, Sir | Director | — | 1997-09-25 |
| SWALLOW, Mark Francis | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2023-05-31 |
| TERRY, Louise Catherine | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2010-12-07 |
| THOMAS, Gareth Vaughan | Director | 2005-11-18 | 2014-07-03 |
| TURNER, Jonathan Adair, Lord | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2008-07-31 |
| TURNER, Muriel Winifred, Baroness Turner Of Camden | Director | 1991-09-26 | 1998-09-24 |
| VAN BUEREN, Geraldine, Prof | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2009-03-13 |
| WATKINS, Kevin | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2016-05-11 |
| WHITE, Isabelle Sarah | Director | 1996-10-04 | 2001-10-22 |
| WILLOTT, Robert Graham | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2004-09-14 |
| WINTER, Richard Thomas George | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2015-07-15 |
| WITHERINGTON, Giles Somerville Gwynne | Director | — | 1991-09-26 |
| YATES, William Hugh | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 423 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.