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The Save the Children Fund (UK)
The Save The Children Fund
Charity from the UK
TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES, WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOUR, NATIONALITY, CREED OR SEX TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISTRESS, AND WANT OF WELFARE AS AFORESAID, AND TO CONDUCT AND PROCURE RESEARCH CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.
- Active at least since
- 1962
- Family
- Save the Children (member)
- Income 2025
- £262.5M
- Public funds 2025
- 21%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register
Where the money comes from (2025)
Public funds 21% (£53.9M) · Other income 79%
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 | £262.5M | £275.8M | 21% | 885 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2024-12-31 | £304.8M | £308.8M | 20% | 910 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2023-12-31 | £296M | £295.4M | 16% | 885 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2022-12-31 | £294.4M | £286.4M | 12% | 862 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2021-12-31 | £240.4M | £235.9M | 17% | 904 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
European Union funding
Data table
| Year | Humanitarian aid (ECHO) | Development cooperation (INTPA) | Foreign policy (FPI) | Other EU programmes | Total committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | €550,000 | €2.2M | – | €2.8M |
| 2019 | €900,000 | €4M | – | – | €4.9M |
| 2018 | €4.8M | €13M | – | – | €17.8M |
| 2017 | €30.7M | €1M | – | – | €31.7M |
| 2016 | €23.2M | €5.8M | €7M | – | €36M |
| 2015 | €15.6M | – | – | €334,807 | €15.9M |
| 2014 | €21.4M | €2.4M | €650,000 | – | €24.5M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCDO (United Kingdom) | €26.7M | €34M | €35.5M | €30.4M | €7.8M |
| Irish Aid (Ireland) | €5.1M | – | €3.4M | €2.1M | – |
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 ↗ 203 · United Kingdom ↗ 114 · Malawi ↗ 50 · Sierra Leone ↗ 40 · Tanzania ↗ 25 · Somalia ↗ 20 · Nepal ↗ 19 · Uganda ↗ 19 · Italy ↗ 17 · Liberia ↗ 16 · Niger ↗ 16 · South Sudan ↗ 16 · Rwanda ↗ 15 · Vietnam ↗ 14 · Central African Republic ↗ 12 · Myanmar (Burma) ↗ 12 · China ↗ 10 · India ↗ 10 · Sri Lanka ↗ 10 · Bhutan ↗ 8 · Indonesia ↗ 7 · Zambia ↗ 7 · Pakistan ↗ 6 · Colombia ↗ 5 · Senegal ↗ 5 · Australia ↗ 4 · Kenya ↗ 4 · North Macedonia ↗ 4 · Thailand ↗ 4 · United States ↗ 4 · Congo - Kinshasa ↗ 3 · Ecuador ↗ 3 · Serbia ↗ 3 · South Africa ↗ 3 · Zimbabwe ↗ 3 · Brazil ↗ 2 · Côte d’Ivoire ↗ 2 · Greece ↗ 2 · Croatia ↗ 2 · Laos ↗ 2
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 | – | |
| Displacement Response | United Kingdom | 2026–2026 ongoing | – |
| Education Response | Uganda | 2026–2027 ongoing | $511,971 |
| Child Protection Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| Health and Nutrition Response | United States | 2026–2026 ongoing | – |
| Flood Response | 2026–2026 ongoing | – | |
| Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response | United States | 2026–2026 ongoing | – |
| Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response | United States | 2026–2026 ongoing | – |
| WASH and ESNF Response | Ethiopia | 2026–2026 ongoing | $2.4M |
| Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response | United States | 2026–2026 ongoing | – |
| START Fund 2022-2025 (Phase 3) | United Kingdom | 2022–2025 ongoing | $42M |
| START Crisis and Disaster Risk Funding | United Kingdom | 2022–2025 ongoing | $18.8M |
| School Feeding 2020 | Ethiopia | 2020–2023 closing | $19.7M |
| Education Cannot Wait Primary education programme in Uganda. | Uganda | 2018–2022 closing | $35.6M |
| DFID Start Fund contribution 2018-21 | United Kingdom | 2018–2022 closing | $67.4M |
| Migration Emergency Response | United Kingdom | 2015–2016 closing | $21.6M |
| START Fund Contribution | United Kingdom | 2015–2018 closing | $40.6M |
| Freetown Treatment Centre | United Kingdom, Sierra Leone | 2014–2015 closing | $19.5M |
| START Fund Contribution | United Kingdom | 2014–2018 closing | $32.3M |
| Peace and Development | Ethiopia | 2012–2017 closing | $56.6M |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Countries declared
Afghanistan · Albania · Australia · Bangladesh · Belgium · Burkina Faso · Bolivia · Brazil · Bhutan · Congo - Kinshasa · Central African Republic · Switzerland · Côte d’Ivoire · Chile · China · Colombia · Germany · Ecuador · Egypt · Ethiopia · Finland · Guinea · Greece · Guatemala · Haiti · Indonesia · Israel · India · Iraq · Jordan · Japan · Kenya · Cambodia · Comoros · North Korea · Laos · Lebanon · Sri Lanka · Liberia · Morocco · Mali · Myanmar (Burma) · Malawi · Mexico · Mozambique · Niger · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Pakistan · Palestinian Territories · Romania · Serbia · Rwanda · Sudan · Singapore · Sierra Leone · Senegal · Somalia · South Sudan · El Salvador · Syria · Thailand · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Türkiye · Tanzania · Ukraine · Uganda · United States · Vietnam · Vanuatu · 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))
- Quality labels and codes of conduct
- Core Humanitarian Standard (certification or independent verification)
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
- Registered as a charity
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
Charity Commission · Companies House · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata