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Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester

Kids Matter

Kids Matter is a registered charity (number 1163617) based in Leicester, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Anja Sonksen since 2025. Latest income £892k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £892k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
kidsmatter.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£892k£809k
  • 2024£795k£703k
  • 2023£580k£620k
Earlier years
  • 2022£453k£539k
  • 2021£621k£390k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE, INCLUDING BY:(A) TRAINING INDIVIDUALS TO RUN PARENTING COURSES FOR THE PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF DEPRIVATION AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN;(B) DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING TRAINING MATERIALS; AND(C) PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND CARERS,THUS EQUIPPING PARENTS AND CARERS TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH CHILDREN CAN FLOURISH, REDUCING NEGATIVE PARENTING PATTERNS, AND IMPROVING THE WELLBEING OF FAMILIES AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN.

Grants received

7 grants · £820,229 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.

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£795k 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.

8.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.2 in 2020

19 from 11 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1163617
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 17 Sep 2015
Contact on the register
03030401068 · info@kidsmatter.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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