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Blue Dragon Children's Foundation UK

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1165180LondonHealth and saving lives
Income£316k2024-12-31
Spending£268ksame year
Spent / received85%4-year average
Size in its cause78th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Blue Dragon Children's Foundation UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Blue Dragon Children's Foundation UK reported income of £316k and spending of £268k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £61k to £316k (+416%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 413%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blue Dragon Children's Foundation UK sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mansfield and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£316k), Restless Beings (£317k) and Made With Hope (£316k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.

Income and spending

£0£79k£158k£237k£316k2021 Income: £61,3712021 Spending: £43,18420212022 Income: £90,0892022 Spending: £77,34520222023 Income: £61,6402023 Spending: £60,34920232024 Income: £316,3892024 Spending: £267,7802024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

SUPPORTING THE WORK OF BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL AND COOPERATING AND LIAISING WITH OTHER ENTITIES WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES TO RAISE FUNDS AND/OR PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE CIO AND THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO.

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Mansfield and District Citizens Advice BureauNorwich£316k
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Made With HopeManchester£316k
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