Compass Children's Charity

Analysis

Compass Children's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03651947). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Compass Children's Charity reported income of £94k and spending of £96k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £102k to £94k (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Compass Children's Charity sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rimmer Memorial Charitable Trust (£94k), The Odyssey Conservation Trust (£94k) and Chedgrave Oxygen Therapy Centre (£94k).