CHAMPIONING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

Receiving no money from the UN (and as reliant on donations as most other international charities), this outfit funds initiatives to support, educate and protect poor children worldwide, as part of the global UNICEF network. It also steps in to protect children in emergency situations, and lobbies governments to treat children better. Its annual report gives a detailed description of the charity's achievements, but we'd like to know whether it's performance lived up to expectations.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	67 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.
HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	£80k to £99k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	No investments
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't just take our word for it...

• UNICEF UK's website
• The Big Give project information
• GuideStar financial overview
• Charity Commission entry and link to UNICEF UK's annual report

UNICEF UK is part of the global UNICEF organisation. It is our headquarters in New York, not UNICEF UK, which maintains reserves in order to protect our programmes in the event of a fall in income.
UNICEF UK holds no investments. Any shares donated are sold immediately and the proceeds made available for UNICEF’s work with children. UNICEF UK has ethical policies that determine who we will partner with or accept funds from.