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Registered charity · West Midlands

Kids

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £9.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.kids.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Kids
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9.4m£9.3m
  • 2024£9.8m£9.7m
  • 2023£9.4m£9.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.6m£8.6m
  • 2021£8.6m£8.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 57% · Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS; (3) TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR LIVES;(4) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE RELIEF OF DISADVANTAGES EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL OR LEARNING IMPAIRMENTS BY PROVIDING SERVICES DESIGNED TO MINIMISE THE EFFECT ON DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR IMPAIRMENTS AND GIVE SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD ORDINARY LIVES;(5) ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Grants received

86 grants · £5,589,043 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.

14 trustees on the board

2y median 0y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

12
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 14Disability 13General Charitable Purposes 12Recreation 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Construction 33Professional services 25Health and social care 21

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£9.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.1 in 2021

216 from 271 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.
62%
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
275936
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30/12/77 AMENDED BY RESOLUTION ON 08/02/78, 14/07/78, 26/06/03, 29/07/03 & 20/09/07. NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED ON 20/07/10 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/10/10 as amended on 03 Mar 2022
Companies House
Company number 01346252 · Active
Contact on the register
02073593635 · enquiries@kids.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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