GET KIDS GOING

Registered charity 1063471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHEELY KIDS

The charities main activities are to relieve the disabilities of disabled people and to provide or assist in the provision, in the interests of social welfare, of opportunities and facilities for physical recreation and sport for disabled people, with the purpose of improving their conditions of life.

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves stood at £15,887,735, an increase from the previous year. The Trustees have set no reserves target due to ongoing political and economic uncertainties. The charity reported a net income for the year of £1,320,550 and maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £167,266 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“One member of staff, considered to be the key management personnel, cost £167,266 (including pension and NI costs) in the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One member of staff, considered to be the key management personnel, cost £167,266 (including pension and NI costs) in the year. (2024: £165,188). Pension contributions for this member of staff amounted to £60,000 in the year”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Get Kids Going! Trading Limited
“Get Kids Going! Trading Limited, the trading subsidiary of Get Kids Going! was dormant for the year and has never traded.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Reza Motazedi and Co. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Get Kids Going! (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £813k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£739k
Reserves (reported)
£15.9m
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~189.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% 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: 40.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.8m£1.0m
30/06/2024£1.4m£1.0m
30/06/2023£1.8m£986k
30/06/2022£868k£765k
30/06/2021£424k£581k

Common questions

Is GET KIDS GOING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves stood at £15,887,735, an increase from the previous year. The Trustees have set no reserves target due to ongoing political and economic uncertainties. The charity reported a net income for the year of £1,320,550 and maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Reza Motazedi and Co. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of GET KIDS GOING earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £167,266 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds GET KIDS GOING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GET KIDS GOING as a grant recipient include ORDINARY 2 EXTRAORDINARY, MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION, THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DILKES FAMILY FOUNDATION, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GET KIDS GOING£1.8m£167,2661unclear—no doubt
KIDS FY2025£9.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE (WOKINGHAM) FY2025£241k—0unclear—no doubt
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£7.2m——above—no doubt
THE ACTIVITY DEN FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt

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