Michael , BBC sit on a huge amount of Children in Need money as reserves, I would be interested to know where the interest ends up, also Children in Need are notoriously slow payers, and charities have been left in dire straights through their lack of urgency in the past, this is a bit naughty considering how organisations have to jump through hoops to get the award in the first place. Back in 2014 they were sitting on £90 million, I don't suppose this figure has gone down.