IN KIND DIRECT

Registered charity 1052679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6009806 · Wikipedia · also known as GIFTS IN KIND UK LIMITED, IN KIND DIRECT LIMITED

In Kind Direct sources products from manufacturers and suppliers and then distributes them to our network of charity partners around the UK. As part of our work we also aim to increase the level of in kind giving within the UK.

Objects

TO APPLY FUNDS OR MAKE DONATIONS TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE DISTRIBUTION OF DONATED GOODS.TO ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING PRACTICES THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND/OR THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND/OR DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £1,427,851, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy target of four months' operational cashflow. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. The charity reported a net income for the year of £220,805, supported by strong cash balances of £1.55 million at year-end.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03155226
• Trading subsidiary: TRADING IK LIMITED Companies House 06950193

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — In Kind Direct (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MILLS, Clare Margaret — director, appointed 12/11/2024on trustee list
• CLARKSON, Liz — director, appointed 14/08/2024on trustee list
• BANSAL, Vishal — director, appointed 04/04/2023on trustee list
• FAROOQ, Ayshea — director, appointed 29/06/2022on trustee list
• GRANT, Alec Newton — director, appointed 29/06/2022on trustee list
• WOLFF, Richard Jonathan — director, appointed 09/05/2019on trustee list
• BARTON, Scott William — director, appointed 01/06/2018on trustee list
• HINTON, Timothy Giles Sunderland — director, appointed 29/06/2017not on trustee list
• MOODY, Thomas — director, appointed 18/05/2015not on trustee list
• TYLER, Debra Marjorie Allcock — director, appointed 24/06/2014on trustee list
• KAVAN, Ajay — director, appointed 10/07/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tim Hintonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• AJAY KAVAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alec Grant
• Ayshea Farooq · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR CLARE MARGARET MILLS
• Debra Marjorie Allcock Tyler
• Liz Clarkson
• Richard Jonathan Wolff · trustee of 1 other charity
• Scott William Barton
• Tom Moody
• Vishal Bansal

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IKDI.

• IKDI income £69k
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• THE HINDERTON CHARITABLE TRUST CIO income £27k
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Side by side with its peers

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