Serious Fun Children's Network International

Analysis

Serious Fun Children's Network International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09055762). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Serious Fun Children's Network International reported income of £55k and spending of £4,703, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £341k to £55k (-84%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 707%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Serious Fun Children's Network International sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wolverhampton Samaritans (£55k), The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy (£55k) and The Stuart and Ellen Lyons Charitable Trust (£55k).