The Childrens Welfare and Research Foundation

Analysis

The Childrens Welfare and Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Childrens Welfare and Research Foundation reported income of £136k and spending of £136k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £76k to £136k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Childrens Welfare and Research Foundation sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peter Gabriel Trust (£136k), The UK Oncology Nursing Society (£136k) and The League of Friends of West Cornwall Hospital (£136k).