Child Growth Foundation

Analysis

Child Growth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Child Growth Foundation reported income of £89k and spending of £155k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £105k to £89k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Child Growth Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asr Charitable Trust (£89k), Friends of Y Bwthyn (£89k) and Adur Voluntary Action (£89k).