KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD

Registered charity 1061942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide childcare for lone parents and other families in the Keighley area - day nursery, holiday playscheme and out of school clubs.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE OR WHO ARE OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND HOLIDAYS AND IN PARTICULAR SUCH FACILITIES ARE TO BE PROVIDED FOR THOSE CHILDREN OF LONE PARENT FAMILIES IN KEIGHLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Area of benefit: KEIGHLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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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Latest income
£220k
Latest spending
£349k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £129,374 for the period and has ceased trading as of 28 February 2025. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were not prepared on a going concern basis due to the decision to close the charity. Consequently, the charity no longer adheres to a reserves policy, and all residual assets are to be distributed to a nominated charity upon closure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none (87% of income)
“Parental fees and Early Education funding are the principal funding sources. These 2 sources of funding made up over 90% of our total income.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The financial statements have therefore not been prepared on the going concern basis.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£220k£349k
31/03/2024£252k£298k
31/03/2023£270k£309k
31/03/2022£255k£351k
31/03/2021£307k£312k

Common questions

Is KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £129,374 for the period and has ceased trading as of 28 February 2025. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were not prepared on a going concern basis due to the decision to close the charity. Consequently, the charity no longer adheres to a reserves policy, and all residual assets are to be distributed to a nominated charity upon closure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/09/2006£69kCommunity Nursery Daycare
Northern Rock Foundation17/02/2000£3kGrant awarded to Keighley Kiddicare (Yorkshire)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE CHARITY OF JANE WRIGHT1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEIGHLEY COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD£220k—0unclear—not going concern
KEIGHLEY COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025£690k—0below—no doubt
YORK CHILDCARE LTD FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
BOLTON LOW HOUSES CHILDCARE UNIT FY2025£295k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH KIDLINGTON INFANT PRE-SCHOOL - SKIPS FY2025£166k—0unclear—not going concern
KNOWLE PARK AFTER SCHOOL CARE FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.