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Kaleidoscope Project

3.0 The Charity’s objects (the Objects) are:3.1. The relief of need of people who are suffering due to substance abuse, mental health challenges, experience of the criminal justice system or physical or mental hardship or distress by the provision...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £19m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
Throughout Wales, Wirral
Website
www.kaleidoscope68.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Kaleidoscope Project
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£19m£20m
  • 2024£19m£18m
  • 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£11m
  • 2021£10m£10m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 87% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.0 The Charity’s objects (the Objects) are:3.1. The relief of need of people who are suffering due to substance abuse, mental health challenges, experience of the criminal justice system or physical or mental hardship or distress by the provision of a holistic care and support, in particular but not exclusively through:3.1.1. The provision of medical clinics and other facilities for the prevention or treatment of physical problems associated with substance misuse, , physical and mental ill health and challenges resulting from experience of the criminal justice system;3.1.2. The provision of residential care or other facilities for people facing difficulties due to substance use, physical and mental health and the criminal justice system 3.1.3 The provision of facilities and opportunities for the development of skills and interests linked to recovery, 3.2. to advance the education of the wider community regarding substance misuse, physical and mental health, experience of the criminal justice system and challenging stigma3.3. to advance education for the public benefit in issues related to substance use; mental health and the criminal justice system.3.4. to provide or assist in the provision of facilities or social enterprises in the interest of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their substance use, physical or mental health or experience of the criminal justice system with the object of improving their conditions of life;3.5. to advance such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.

Grants received

7 grants · £289,410 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £289,410 (7 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,6132024-02-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,3872023-07-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-07-07
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £247,0102015-06-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,4002015-02-22
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Accommodation/housing 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 11Hospitality 3Other services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£19.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.8 in 2021

299 from 260 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
88%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1115017
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JUNE 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 5 APRIL 2006. as amended on 09 Oct 2024 as amended on 05 Mar 2025
Companies House
Company number 05480423 · Active
Contact on the register
01633811950 · info@kaleidoscope68.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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