The Save the Children Fund
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £96,870 | 99% | 4 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £86,970 | 89% | 3 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £84,270 | 86% | 4 |
| Health and saving lives | £75,670 | 77% | 2 |
| Disability | £66,970 | 68% | 2 |
| Accommodation and housing | £65,770 | 67% | 1 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £13,800 | 14% | 1 |
| Amateur sport | £13,800 | 14% | 1 |
| General charitable purposes | £7,400 | 8% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £17,500 |
| 2024 | £38,970 |
| 2023 | £41,600 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 5
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 4 of 5
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff2
- Swansea1
- Rhondda Cynon Taf1
- Pembrokeshire1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million3
- Over £5 million1
- £10,000 to £100,0001
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
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.
- Status
- Registered on 10 October 1962
- Income in its latest year
- £262,508,000, year ending 31 December 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- No
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valleys Kids | £13,800 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Home-start Cymru for Families | £9,900 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) | £7,400 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2025 |
| Pembrokeshire Baby Bank | £1,200 | Charity's accounts | 2024 |
| Platfform for Change | £65,770 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.