Street Child
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Street Child's work on education, emergency response, child safety, mental health and family livelihoods may suit a small organisation working on children's schooling, especially in its listed priority countries of Afghanistan, South Sudan and Liberia, though its geographic focus is given as priority countries rather than a stated limit.
- Its annual report gives annual giving of £16,020,026, but it publishes no grant range or typical grant size, so a grant writer should not assume a particular amount and should ask the contact shown on its website what size of request it considers.
- No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to get in touch through that contact rather than send a full application cold.
- Its published material does not say how competitive or how timed its giving is, so a first enquiry is a low-cost way to learn that.
- Nothing published names exclusions or eligibility conditions, so no kind of organisation is ruled out by what is available.
Overview
Street Child is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1128536).
Street Child is a charity founded in Sierra Leone that now works in over 20 of the world's lowest-income and most disaster-affected countries. Its purpose is to see all children safe, in school and learning, especially in low-resource environments and emergencies. It reports reaching 1,845,856 children, with 732,805 directly supported to access education, and 295,621 adults reached through programmes such as its family business scheme, education classes and teacher training. It has supported 1,167 schools through construction or renovation and built 608 temporary learning spaces in emergency contexts.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Street Child works with local organisations to help every child access education and to see children safe, in school and learning, especially in low-resource environments and emergencies. It addresses barriers through emergency aid and mental-health support, school building, teacher training, family reunification, livelihoods and help for out-of-school children to enter education. Its work includes creating inclusive, safe and sustainable schools, supporting children's transition into formal education and giving families grants and training to start or grow businesses so children can remain in school. Street Child says local organisations are central to its approach, valuing their community knowledge and role in shaping effective, sustainable interventions. It seeks contexts where need is high and funding is low, including emergencies and marginalised populations.
Themes
- Education
- Emergency response
- Child safety
- Mental health
- Family livelihoods
Geographic Focus
Priority: Afghanistan; South Sudan; Liberia.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Afghanistan
- Liberia
- South Sudan
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Street Child.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £13,017,443 | £12,463,939 | £10,329,617 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £17,334,175 | £17,272,866 | £14,397,359 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £20,001,043 | £20,129,069 | £15,840,789 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £21,488,600 | £22,071,564 | £16,870,865 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £22,256,582 | £21,904,899 | £16,020,026 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- street-child.org/aboutus · read on 23 October 2026
- street-child.org/themes/in-school · read on 23 October 2026
- street-child.org/themes/championing-local-actors · read on 23 October 2026
- street-child.org/grantgivers-fundingpartners · read on 23 October 2026
- street-child.org/theme · read on 23 October 2026
- street-child.org · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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Contact
- 020 7614 7696source
- info@street-child.orgsource
- Street Child, 33 Creechurch Lane, City of London, London, EC3A 5EBsource
- street-child.org
Applying to Street Child?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 020 7614 7696source
- info@street-child.orgsource
- Street Child, 33 Creechurch Lane, City of London, London, EC3A 5EBsource
- street-child.org