Children First Uganda

Analysis

Children First Uganda is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06775383). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Children First Uganda reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-7.6%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 447%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Children First Uganda sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Representative Council of Birmingham and West Midlands Jewry (£11k), Faith Foundation (£11k) and The Rotary Club of Braunton Trust Fund (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.