UK Care for Children

Analysis

UK Care for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, UK Care for Children reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.7m (-0.9%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, UK Care for Children sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York Childcare Ltd (£1.7m), The Warren of Hull Limited (£1.7m) and International Non-Governmental Organisation Training and Research Centre (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.