Registered charity · Chelmsford
Kids Inspire
To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 and their families living in the United Kingdom together with professionals supporting them by providing advice and assistance and organizing programs of physical, educational, and other...
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas TesseymanChair · since 2024
- Ashni ShahTrustee · since 2026
- Danielle PriceTrustee · since 2024
- Deborah StephensonTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Caroline DolleryTrustee · since 2020
- Gillian BoxTrustee · since 2023
- Gwendoline Scarlett ThorntonTrustee · since 2026
- Louise HornagoldTrustee · since 2024
- Melanie LeeTrustee · since 2026
- Stuart WhiteTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Essex, Suffolk, Thurrock, Southend-on-sea
- Website
- www.kidsinspire.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Kids Inspire
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.4m£2.6m
- 2024£2.3m£2.3m
- 2023£1.9m£2.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.6m
- 2021£1.7m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 8% · Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 and their families living in the United Kingdom together with professionals supporting them by providing advice and assistance and organizing programs of physical, educational, and other activities as a means of:-a. Advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;b. Advancing education;c. Relieving unemployment:d. Providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in the area of benefit who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity, disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons.
Grants received
50 grants · £3,082,095 total360Giving 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 · £1,904,007 (4 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £261,838 (18 grants)
- Tuixen Foundation · £210,000 (8 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £209,703 (5 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £202,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Tesseyman Chair since 2024
- Ashni Shah since 2026
- Danielle Price since 2024
- Deborah Stephenson since 2026
- Dr Caroline Dollery since 2020
- Gillian Box since 2023
- Gwendoline Scarlett Thornton since 2026
- Louise Hornagold since 2024
- Melanie Lee since 2026
- Stuart White since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Caroline Dollery since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Nicholas Tesseyman Chair since 2024
- Ashni Shah since 2026
- Danielle Price since 2024
- Deborah Stephenson since 2026
- Gillian Box since 2023
- Gwendoline Scarlett Thornton since 2026
- Louise Hornagold since 2024
- Melanie Lee since 2026
- Stuart White since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Caroline Dollery since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1129513
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 SEPTEMBER 2007 as amended on 03 Feb 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 06380082 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01245348707 · admin@kidsinspire.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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