The Children's Surgery Foundation

Analysis

The Children's Surgery Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 2020, 6 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Children's Surgery Foundation reported income of £45k and spending of £72k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £275k to £45k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Children's Surgery Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rebirth Tabernacle (£45k), The October Club (£45k) and Hawtree Cove Trust (£45k).

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.