Children in Need Fund

Analysis

Children in Need Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1983, 43 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Children in Need Fund reported income of £34k and spending of £65k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £74k to £34k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Children in Need Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Park Hostel for the Homeless (£34k), West Malling Village Hall (£34k) and The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust (£34k).