Children in Crisis UK

What Children in Crisis UK does

Street Child, the current operating name of Children in Crisis UK, is a UK-registered global children's charity (Registered Charity No. 1128536) headquartered at 33 Creechurch Lane, London. Founded in 2008 by Tom and Lucinda Dannatt with an initial commitment to support 100 children off the streets of Sierra Leone, the organization has grown to reach approximately 1.8 million children, support 1,096 schools, and assist 253,139 adults across more than 20 countries spanning sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and emergency-response contexts including Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique. The charity is governed by a Board of Trustees and operates seven international affiliates in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.

Name

Children in Crisis UK

Legal name

Street Child

Website

https://childrenincrisis.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Street Child (formerly Children in Crisis UK) is a UK-registered global children's charity operating across 20+ countries to deliver education access, child protection, and family livelihood programmes for vulnerable children through 95–200+ local partner organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Humanitarian Education Charity

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Individual and Family Services (6241), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education in Emergencies (EiE) & Safe Schools (BPADAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Education / Education in Emergencies (EiE) (BPADADAN), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG)

Keywords

• Children's education charity
• Humanitarian aid programs
• Child protection services
• International development
• Emergency education response

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters, including monthly giving programs (e.g., £4 per month Back to School campaign) and first hour/first day salary donations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with 70+ corporations including event sponsorship, charity of the year programs, pro-bono support, and multi-year programmatic partnerships.
3. Institutional Grants and Funding: Funding from government aid agencies, foundations including Educate A Child, Education Above All, Qatar Fund for Development, UNICEF, and Education Cannot Wait.
4. Challenge Event Participation Fees: Fees from participants in marathons, cycling challenges, and trekking events (e.g., Sierra Leone Marathon packages £499-£1399), with minimum fundraising requirements.
5. Legacy Giving: Gifts left in wills by supporters, facilitated through free will writing service partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Children in Crisis UK (now operating as Street Child) is a UK-registered international children's charity that delivers education-focused humanitarian programmes for vulnerable children in low-resource, conflict, and emergency settings across 25+ countries. Its work spans child protection (Safe), school enrollment (In School), learning quality (Learning via TaRL methodology), emergency education deployment (Rapid Response), and local NGO capacity-building (Championing Local Actors), supported by a Family Business for Education livelihood scheme.

Product overview

Street Child is a UK-based global children's charity (registered charity No. 1128536) operating as a unified charitable organization rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization offers a portfolio of humanitarian programmes organized around five core themes: Safe, In School, Learning, Rapid Response, and Championing Local Actors. Key programmatic products include the Family Business for Education scheme (providing business grants to families), Loans for Learning microcredit programme, and Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) educational methodology. Street Child generates programmatic funding through diverse fundraising vehicles including challenge events (Sierra Leone Marathon, Street Child Cup, Craft Half, Everest Base Camp Trek), seasonal appeals (Back to School, Times Christmas Appeal), emergency response funds (Rapid Response Fund, Climate Response Accelerator Fund), workplace giving (First Hour First Day), legacy giving (Free Will Writing Service), and corporate partnerships. The organization partners with over 200 local organizations across 21+ countries and works through celebrity ambassadors and faith community engagement to amplify reach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Family Business for Education: Award-winning scheme providing families with business grants and training to enable children's education
• Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL)
• Loans for Learning
• Climate Response Accelerator Fund
• Rapid Response Fund

Products and services

• Safe Programme
• In School Programme

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mahindra RacingcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Named as Global Strategic Partner on Mahindra Racing's Planet Positive sustainability programme. The partnership supports the Climate Response Accelerator Fund to rebuild schools in climate-vulnerable contexts, with funds allocated to Sierra Leone school repairs.
• Formula EcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Launched Climate Response Accelerator Fund - a rapid-response initiative to rebuild schools in climate-vulnerable contexts. Formula E fan village activations at Berlin E-Prix promote Street Child's climate education work.
• Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational NGO partner working alongside Street Child UK to increase access to quality basic education for children nationwide. Street Child UK has established nationwide presence in every province of Sierra Leone through this partnership.
• Educate A Child (EAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal programme of the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, supported by the Qatar Fund for Development. Partnership on Education For Every Child Today (EFECT) programme targeting 40,500 vulnerable children in Sierra Leone (part of 96,000 multi-country goal).
• Save the ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Save the Children to set up the Localization Unit in Uganda. Unit acts as intermediary between donors and local/national organizations, handling compliance and providing greater flexibility for local partners to secure funding.
• Aasaman NepalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner in Nepal implementing Build the Basics project to address COVID-19 learning loss, reaching 36,000 children across 600 state schools.
• Janaki Women's Awareness Society (JWAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner in Nepal's Dhanusha District supporting establishment of small businesses and income-generating activities for marginalized Dalit girls and young women.
• The Zebra TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner in Somalia dedicated to supporting and improving access to secondary education for students who cannot afford school fees, enabling 350 girls in Mogadishu and Hargeisa to pursue secondary education.
• African Education Trust (AET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Street Child, African Education Trust has been working in Somalia since 1996, providing essential quality education through school rehabilitation, teacher training, and parent support programs.
• CIYOTAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRefugee-led partner organization in Uganda where Thierry Barata serves as Communications Manager. Works with children who have fled their homes using storytelling as empowerment and healing.
• From Babies with LoveminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner whose founder Cecilia Crossley expressed admiration for Street Child's ambition and programming. Partner testimonial quotes Street Child's results as incredibly moving.
• DeloitteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner providing significant contribution to Street Child. Joe Gallagher from Deloitte expressed commitment to developing long-standing relationship with Street Child.
• Labrum LondonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDesigner Foday Dumbuya (Arsenal FC kit designer) partnered with Street Child to launch exclusive running kit for Sierra Leone Marathon, produced by adidas.
• Local Organizations NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStreet Child works closely with a network of 95+ local organizations to bring low-cost and long-lasting change for the most vulnerable in low resource and emergency contexts. Also stated as 200+ local partners working across 20+ countries.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Plan International: Global children's charity advancing children's rights and gender equality through education, protection, and livelihoods programming. Plan International is a close peer given its comparable focus on out-of-school children, family livelihoods, and operations across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia where Street Child also works.
• Right to Play: International organization using sport and play to protect and educate children in some of the most disadvantaged areas. Comparable given shared presence in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and refugee contexts, with similar school-based child protection and learning outcomes.
• Education Cannot Wait: Global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, hosted by UNICEF. Highly comparable because it shares Street Child's core EiE mandate, target geographies, and rapid-response funding mechanism, and is also one of Street Child's institutional funders.
• ChildFund International: International child-focused development organization supporting vulnerable children's education, health, and protection through community-based programs. Comparable due to shared sponsorship-based funding model, family livelihoods emphasis, and presence in many of the same African and Asian countries.
• War Child: Specialist charity focused on the protection and education of children affected by war and conflict. Strong peer given Street Child's programming in Somalia, Afghanistan, DRC, and Ukraine, with overlapping Rapid Response and child protection mandates.
• Room to Read: International education nonprofit focused on literacy and gender equality in low-income countries. Highly comparable to Street Child's Learning programme and TaRL methodology, with similar school-based delivery models in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
• Malala Fund: Nonprofit co-founded by Malala Yousafzai championing 12 years of quality education for girls, including in refugee and conflict settings (Afghanistan, Nigeria). Comparable due to shared focus on girls' education, country overlap (Nigeria, Afghanistan), and donor-advocacy positioning.
• Theirworld: Global children's charity campaigning for education funding and supporting refugee and crisis-affected children's learning. Comparable because of shared emphasis on education in emergencies, donor-advocacy model, and operations in refugee settings (Uganda) intersecting with Street Child's geography.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF: UN agency mandated to protect children's rights globally, including education access in emergencies. Comparable as both a peer and a funder (Street Child receives UNICEF funding); UNICEF's Education Cannot Wait initiative directly overlaps with Street Child's Rapid Response programming.
• Save the Children: A globally established children's rights and education charity operating in 100+ countries. Save the Children is highly comparable because Street Child already partners with it on the Localization Unit in Uganda, and both organizations deliver education access and child protection programming in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StreetChildCharity
• Instagraminstagram.com/streetchildcharity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/children-in-crisis-uk

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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