# CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1075037
- **Other names:** CHILDREN OF THE ANDES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03731943](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03731943)
- **Registered:** April 9, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1075037


## Contact

- **Address:** Richbell House, 5 Richbell Place, LONDON
- **Phone:** 020 8050 2735
- **Email:** info@childrenchangecolombia.org
- **Website:** www.childrenchangecolombia.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY, EXPLOITATION AND OTHER THREATS TO THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN COLOMBIA AND OF THE COLOMBIAN DIASPORA IN THE UK, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE SUCH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED THROUGH THE AGENCY OF OTHER CHARITIES.

**Activities:** Children Change Colombia was established in 1991. We are the largest UK charity working exclusively in Colombia. We work on neglected issues facing children and young people in Colombia that pose a serious threat to children's rights and wellbeing. In particular: Recruitment into armed groups and reintegration into society; Sexual and gender based violence; and Exclusion from education.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** COLUMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA
- Colombia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £750309 | £639519 | £367454 | 6 | [PDF](/ew/1075037/files/2024-12-31-accounts.pdf) (1.2 MB) |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £626843 | £621394 | £256664 | 5 | [PDF](/ew/1075037/files/2023-12-31-accounts.pdf) (429.7 KB) |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £445702 | £376310 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1075037/files/2022-12-31-accounts.pdf) (385.2 KB) |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £369967 | £323867 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1075037/files/2021-12-31-accounts.pdf) (563.5 KB) |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £354411 | £325832 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1075037/files/2020-12-31-accounts.pdf) (807.6 KB) |




## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Carolina Giraldo Suarez** | Chair | July 26, 2023 |
| Alexandra Clare Conlin-Oakley |  | Sept. 21, 2020 |
| Corin Hollenbach |  | Oct. 26, 2022 |
| Cristina Vergara |  | July 23, 2025 |
| FELIPE ALVIAR BAQUERO |  | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Fernando Caviedes Pinzon |  | April 27, 2022 |
| MARILYN THOMSON |  | April 23, 2018 |
| Owen Robert Jenkins |  | July 23, 2025 |
| Richard Drean |  | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Richard Stuart McColl |  | Sept. 21, 2020 |