01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039570
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 784
- Postcode
- EC1M 4AR
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Charity is established are to relieve the distress and hardship, and to promote the welfare of children in any country or countries, place or places, without differentiation on the ground of race, colour, nationality, creed or sex and to educate the public concerning the nature, causes and effects of distress, hardship and want of welfare as aforesaid, and to conduct and procure research concerning the same and to make available the useful results thereof to the public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £262,508,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £275,822,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 784 | 24 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £304,834,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £308,810,973 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 784 | 26 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £296,015,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £295,425,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 784 | 21 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £294,356,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £286,371,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 784 | 28 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £240,409,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £235,928,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 784 | 8 September 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 1 St John's Lane , London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.savethechildren.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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