Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust

What Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust does

Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust (Friends of SBT / FoSBT) is a UK registered charity (charity number 1134990; company limited by guarantee, number 6947439) founded in 2009 in London by Nidhi Agarwal and Nick Thompson. Its sole purpose is to raise funds and awareness in the UK and internationally to support the work of Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT), a Delhi-based NGO founded in 1988 that serves street and working children in India. The charity operates entirely with unpaid volunteers and has no salaried staff, enabling it to pass roughly 99% of funds raised directly to beneficiaries with less than 1% spent on web hosting and administration.

FoSBT does not operate its own programmes; rather, it channels donations to SBT's service portfolio in Delhi, which includes six shelter homes (four for boys, two for girls, plus a new purpose-built Udaan Girls' Home completed in September 2024 with capacity for up to 100 children) providing 24-hour residential care for up to 400 children aged 4–18; ten Contact Points (day-care centres) situated at stations, temples, and slum areas; three emergency Childline telephone helplines handling roughly 1,200–1,500 children annually; and a Mobile School Bus reaching underprivileged communities. Across all programmes SBT reaches approximately 6,000 children per year, including around 1,000 new children met each year at the New Delhi Railway Station contact point within hours or days of their arrival. In 2020 the charity contributed 5% of total revenue (£7,000 in emergency PPE funds) to SBT, implying total annual revenue on the order of £140,000.

The business model is pure donation-charitable: one-off and monthly donations are accepted via the FoSBT website (SBT itself cannot receive online donations from outside India), supplemented by supporter-led fundraising events, GoFundMe and CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) fundraising pages, Amazon Smile referral revenue, and a recently introduced Legacy Gifts (wills/bequests) programme. There is no pricing model or product sales; all inflows are voluntary contributions. Marketing is community-led and minimal — a Wix-hosted website, a Facebook page, a LinkedIn profile, a YouTube channel featuring beneficiary stories, and an email newsletter sent 3–4 times per year. The registered office is at Lamp Cottage, The Street, East Clandon, Surrey, GU4 7RY, United Kingdom.

Name

Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust

Legal name

Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust

Website

https://friendsofsbt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust is a UK volunteer-run charity founded in 2009 that raises funds and awareness in support of Salaam Baalak Trust's work providing shelter, education, healthcare, and outreach to approximately 6,000 street and working children annually in Delhi, India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit child welfare and charitable fundraising services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Temporary Shelters (624221), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGADAO

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGAEAL

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYHLAJAKAD

International & Local Implementing NGOs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

Keywords

• Charitable fundraising
• Street child welfare
• Residential shelter services
• Non-profit NGO support
• Community giving

Headquarters

HQ city

Guildford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-off or monthly donations from supporters in the UK and worldwide to support Salaam Baalak Trust's work with street children in Delhi.
2. Fundraising Events: Community fundraising through runners, riders, swimmers, trekkers, quizzes, coffee mornings, wine-tasting events, and gala events. Supporters set up fundraising pages through CAF or GoFundMe.
3. Amazon Smile: When supporters shop on Amazon Smile and select Friends of SBT as their charity, the organization receives a small percentage of each purchase at no extra cost to the shopper.
4. Legacy Gifts: Donors can leave a gift to Friends of SBT in their will to make a lasting difference to vulnerable street children in India.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust is a UK-registered charity that raises funds and awareness in support of Salaam Baalak Trust's work with street children in Delhi, India. It operates entirely with volunteers, channels donations to SBT's six shelter homes, ten Contact Point day-care centres, three Childline helplines, and a Mobile School Bus programme, and reaches roughly 6,000 children a year.

Product overview

Friends of Salaam Baalak Trust operates as a charitable organisation rather than a traditional product company. Its work focuses on supporting Salaam Baalak Trust's services for street children in Delhi, India. The core service portfolio includes: Residential Care Homes providing 24-hour care for up to 400 children across seven homes; Contact Points (day-care centres) offering daytime support to vulnerable children; Emergency Childline helplines handling 1,200-1,500 children annually; and the Mobile School Bus Programme reaching underserved communities. The City Walk Programme provides guided tours led by former beneficiaries. Funds are raised through the UK-registered charity and channelled directly to support these services in India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Care Homes 24-hour residential care for up to 400 children aged 4-18 years, delivered through seven shelter homes in Delhi (four for boys, two for girls, plus the new purpose-built Udaan home for girls completed by DMRC in September 2024 with capacity for up to 100 children). Funded by Friends of SBT donations routed through SBT.
• Contact Points (Day-Care Centres) Ten non-residential day-care Contact Points providing medical attention, food, washing facilities, basic education, creative arts, and play to vulnerable children, including 11 contact points spanning Delhi stations, temples and slum areas.
• Childline Emergency Helpline Three emergency telephone helplines for children and young people in distress, handling around 1,200-1,500 calls per year and supporting family tracing, reunification and welfare committee referrals.
• Mobile School Bus Programme A converted bus that travels to underprivileged areas and slum communities to deliver non-formal education to children unable to attend formal schools.
• City Walk Programme Guided tours of Delhi led by former street children trained as guides, providing insight into the lives of street children while offering sustainable employment to programme beneficiaries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,000 children reached per year through all programmes
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024DMRC previously built the main boys' home for SBT and completed construction of a purpose-built 3-floor home for girls (Udaan). The new building has large dormitories, classrooms, medical room, library, SEN room, and arts performance space. Capacity for up to 100 children. Girls and staff moved in September 2024.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ChildFund UK: Established UK-registered international charity funding child-focused programs in developing countries, including India. Similar UK-to-international-children funding flow.
• Plan International UK: Large UK-registered international children's charity with programs on child rights, education, and protection including in India. Comparable charitable giving model on a much larger scale.
• SOS Children's Villages UK: UK fundraising arm of an international organization providing residential care and family support for vulnerable children globally. Closely aligned on the residential-care-for-children model.
• Covenant House (international sleep-out / youth shelter network): Major nonprofit operating residential shelters and outreach programs for homeless and street youth across the Americas. Thematically comparable as a youth-shelter and street-youth services operator.
• Save the Children UK: Major UK-registered international NGO working on children's welfare globally, including street and vulnerable children in India. Comparable fundraising infrastructure (UK donors funding India work) but at vastly larger scale.
• ChildAid Network / ChildAid Network Charitable Trust: Indian NGO supporting street and working children across multiple cities with shelter, education, and healthcare programs. Comparable operational model to SBT and indirectly comparable to FoSBT as a UK- and India-facing children's charity.

Direct peers

• Railway Children (UK): UK-registered charity dedicated to supporting street and platform children, with historical roots at railway stations including New Delhi. Highly comparable mission, beneficiary profile, and UK-based fundraising model.
• Salaam Baalak Trust: Friends of SBT's direct Indian partner and sole programmatic beneficiary. Operates the same shelter homes, Contact Points and helplines that FoSBT funds, making it the most directly comparable entity on operations.
• Street Child UK: UK charity focused on street children in South Asia and Africa, combining grassroots programs with advocacy. Comparable UK-registered charity model targeting a similar beneficiary group.

Regional players

• Railway Children India: India arm of Railway Children delivering station-based interventions for street children in India. Directly relevant as another India-focused NGO working with railway-station street children, parallel to SBT's origins.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xyoutube.com/channel/UCkG5Knsb4_6CX-J82cKTwAw
• Facebookfacebook.com/FriendsofSBT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/friends-of-salaam-baalak-trust

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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