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Save the Children International
International secretariat of a family of organisations. Based in: United Kingdom. Founded 1972. Family: Save the Children. Main sector: health.
Save the Children works in around 120 countries to deliver immediate and lasting change to children's lives. We program across all contexts to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected. Save the Children International and 29 member organisations make up Save the Children Association. Together in 2015 we reached 62 million children directly through our and our partners' work.
- Founded
- 1972
- Family
- Save the Children (secretariat)
- Income 2025
- £955.4M
- Public funds 2025
- 1%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register
Where the money comes from (2025)
Public funds 1% (£5.9M) · Other income 99%
Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | £955.4M | £955.7M | 1% | 11,838 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2024-12-31 | £1.1B | £1.2B | 0% | 16,153 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2023-12-31 | £1.2B | £1.2B | 0% | 19,548 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2022-12-31 | £1.3B | £1.2B | 0% | 18,409 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2021-12-31 | £988M | £956.4M | 0% | 16,358 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
European Union funding
Data table
| Year | Development cooperation (INTPA) | Foreign policy (FPI) | Other EU programmes | Total committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | – | €218,573 | €218,573 |
| 2022 | €450,000 | – | €153,783 | €603,783 |
| 2017 | – | €217,000 | – | €217,000 |
Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Department (United States) | €21.8M | €22.1M | €28.3M | €18.7M | €15.3M |
| AECID (Spain) | – | – | – | €400,000 | – |
Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Countries with projects published on IATI
Ethiopia ↗ 197 · Malawi ↗ 50 · Sierra Leone ↗ 33 · Tanzania ↗ 23 · Uganda ↗ 19 · Nepal ↗ 18 · Liberia ↗ 14 · Rwanda ↗ 14 · Vietnam ↗ 13 · Central African Republic ↗ 12 · Bhutan ↗ 8 · Zambia ↗ 7 · Senegal ↗ 5 · United Kingdom ↗ 4 · Indonesia ↗ 4 · North Macedonia ↗ 4 · Ecuador ↗ 3 · Sri Lanka ↗ 3 · Serbia ↗ 3 · Greece ↗ 2 · Croatia ↗ 2 · Laos ↗ 2 · Madagascar ↗ 2 · Tajikistan ↗ 2 · China ↗ 1 · Cape Verde ↗ 1 · Guinea ↗ 1 · Jordan ↗ 1 · Myanmar (Burma) ↗ 1 · Peru ↗ 1 · Poland ↗ 1 · Venezuela ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Title | Venezuela | 2026–2028 ongoing | – |
| Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| No Title | Malawi | 2026–2027 ongoing | – |
| Nutrition Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| START Network Ebola Response 2026 | Uganda | 2026–2026 ongoing | $247,089 |
| Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response | 2026–2028 ongoing | – | |
| Education Response | Uganda | 2026–2027 ongoing | $509,236 |
| Child Protection Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| Flood Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| WASH and ESNF Response | Ethiopia | 2026–2026 ongoing | $2.3M |
| Health and Nutrition Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| Education Response | Uganda | 2026–2026 ongoing | $1.4M |
| Health and Nutrition Response | 2026–2027 ongoing | $31,318 | |
| No Title | 2026–2029 ongoing | – | |
| Health and Nutrition Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| Education Response Plan II | Uganda | 2023–2026 ongoing | $15M |
| School Feeding Response | Ethiopia | 2022–2023 closing | $10.4M |
| School Feeding 2020 | Ethiopia | 2020–2023 closing | $18.4M |
| Save the Children Fund Managing | Ethiopia | 2020–2024 closing | $14.3M |
| MMR Myanmar Education Consortium DFID | Myanmar (Burma) | 2019–2021 ongoing | $33.1M |
| Education Cannot Wait Primary education programme in Uganda. | Uganda | 2018–2022 closing | $35.1M |
| Emergency Resilience Building | Malawi | 2016–2017 closing | $12.5M |
| Freetown Treatment Centre | United Kingdom, Sierra Leone | 2014–2015 closing | $17.7M |
| Girls' Education Support Project | Ethiopia | 2013–2017 closing | $14.8M |
| Peace and Development | Ethiopia | 2012–2017 closing | $52.8M |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Countries declared
Afghanistan · Bosnia & Herzegovina · Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Bolivia · Bhutan · Congo - Kinshasa · Central African Republic · Switzerland · Côte d’Ivoire · China · Colombia · Ecuador · Egypt · Ethiopia · Georgia · Guatemala · Haiti · Iraq · Jordan · Kenya · Cambodia · Laos · Lebanon · Sri Lanka · Liberia · Mali · Myanmar (Burma) · Malawi · Mozambique · Niger · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Nepal · Panama · Peru · Poland · Palestinian Territories · Serbia · Rwanda · Sudan · Singapore · Sierra Leone · Senegal · Somalia · South Sudan · El Salvador · Syria · Thailand · Tunisia · Türkiye · Tanzania · Ukraine · Uganda · United States · Venezuela · Vietnam · Yemen · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Official checks
- Public register
- Charity Commission — active registration
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
- Annual filings
- up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- Founded
- Registered as a charity
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
EU-TR 11610562644-55 · EU-TR 697362735627-20 · Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata