Chernobyl Children's Project (UK)

Analysis

Chernobyl Children's Project (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03220045). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Chernobyl Children's Project (UK) reported income of £108k and spending of £152k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £188k to £108k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chernobyl Children's Project (UK) sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Benevolent Fund of the College of Optometrists & the Association of Optometrists (£108k), Team Evie (£108k) and Lost Chord UK (£108k).