The Children of Sumatra

Analysis

The Children of Sumatra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Children of Sumatra reported income of £17k and spending of £7,954, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £17k (-8.7%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Children of Sumatra sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Council of Women of Great Britain (£17k), The J M Farraday Charitable Trust (£17k) and Veera Tamilar Munnani UK (£17k).