Whether you’re a charitable foundation, a corporate donor, a regular monthly giver or a fundraiser, we’re committed to making your donations go as far as possible, so we can help as many children as possible grow up in families, not orphanages.
How we invested your money in 2023
Every pound you give helps transform a child’s life—and we make sure it goes as far as possible. In 2023, thanks to your incredible generosity, we spent £10.1 million directly on our programmes across the world. That means 75% of every pound went straight to helping children grow up where they belong: in safe, loving families.
Because of your support, 581 children were freed from orphanages and returned home, and nearly 49,000 were protected from being separated from their families in the first place. You helped train over 3,000 childcare professionals and supported new foster families, so that even children with no immediate relatives still found love, stability, and care.
We’re proud to say that your donations aren’t just making a difference—they’re building a movement. A movement to close orphanages, reform broken systems, and make family the default for every child, everywhere. The rest of our spending—just 25%—went toward ensuring this work continues to grow, through fundraising, advocacy, and vital support services.
Your kindness is creating a world where no child is left behind. Thank you for helping us make it happen.
Our expenditure figures in 2023
What you helped us achieve in 2023
Mykola and Zakhar's Story
Before the war in Ukraine broke out, Mykola and Zakhar had been moved to a boarding school because their mother didn’t take care of them. The boys hated being at the school, but when the end of term came and everyone else got picked up, their mother was nowhere to be seen. Find out how we got the two boys Back to Family..
Our global influence
The pandemic is having a dramatic impact on the most vulnerable children and families, exposing structural weaknesses of child protection and welfare systems. As the crisis deepened, we called on governments to take urgent action and contributed to developing technical tools on how to handle the pandemic from the perspective of children in care.
Covid has also impacted the environment in which we operate, suddenly shifting the policy and funding priorities of decision-makers. Since the early days of the crisis, we have engaged with global development donors to ensure care reform remains high on their agenda.
The world that can be built after Covid doesn’t have to make the same mistakes. Through our advocacy towards the EU, the UK Government, the Commonwealth, the UN, and global NGOs, we’re keeping up the pressure to make sure recovery plans are built around stronger and more sustainable childcare systems, free from institutions.
