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Registered charity 802052, on the register since 1 September 1989. The 241st largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

The Charity?s objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Directors may in their discretion think fit and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to relieve need, hardship, sickness, handicap and distress amongst children and young persons.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

DisabilityEducation/trainingGeneral Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

Figures are the latest the charity has reported to the Charity Commission, current to 27 September 2026. How this site works.