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Whizz-Kidz

Whizz-Kidz is a registered charity (number 802872) based in London, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £7.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Whizz Kidz (Charity Commission)

“For the public benefit in the UK: • to relieve the needs and improve the lives of young wheelchair users and their families and carers; and • to promote the social inclusion of young wheelchair users by empowering them to be independent, including...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £7.1m (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
Education/training, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.whizz-kidz.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Whizz-Kidz
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.1m£7.2m
  • 2024£9.2m£9.1m
  • 2022£6.7m£6.6m
Earlier years
  • 2021£5.2m£6.4m
  • 2020£6.9m£6.5m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 20% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

“For the public benefit in the UK: • to relieve the needs and improve the lives of young wheelchair users and their families and carers; and • to promote the social inclusion of young wheelchair users by empowering them to be independent, including without limitation by providing them with the best possible wheelchairs and mobility equipment and support and confidence-building experiences.”In these objects young wheelchair users means children and young people aged up to 25 years requiring mobility assistance.

Grants received

51 grants · £15,960,695 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £654,6432026-03-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £111,9932026-02-19
  • SHAREGIFT £15,0002025-07-28
  • Postcode Children Trust £800,0002025-02-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £78,3622024-11-21
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.

7 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 16Tech and media 10Health and social care 9

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
2024
2025
incomespending£7.1m 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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.4 in 2020

80 from 79 in 2020
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.
22%
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
802872
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 NOV 1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 APR 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JUL 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 MAR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 SEP 2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24 AUG 2022 as amended on 16 Sep 2022
Companies House
Company number 02444520 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7233 6600 · info@whizz-kidz.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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