Abandoned and Destitute Children's Appeal Fund

Analysis

Abandoned and Destitute Children's Appeal Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Abandoned and Destitute Children's Appeal Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £22k to £20k (-7.2%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Abandoned and Destitute Children's Appeal Fund sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brown Habgood Hall and Higden Charity (£20k), Ormskirk Foodbank (£20k) and Cambridge Money Advice Centre (MAC) (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.