KIDS OUT UK
Registered charity 1075789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIDSOUT · also registered in Scotland as SC039477 (OSCR)
KidsOut brings fun and happiness into the lives of disadvantaged children. We do this by providing day trips, fun experiences, toys and books to those who might otherwise have none, throughout the UK, helping them regain some sense of normality while promoting wellbeing.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,295,664 for the 17-month period, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,983,968 to £1,848,406. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of signing.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6 months of operating costs or c£0.5m (held: £688k)
“The reserves policy for the charity, taking into account the UK Charity Commission guidance, is to maintain 6 months of opera ng costs in unrestricted funding, or c£0.5m in the case of the charity.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Sara Williams received £55,958 remuneration while acting as Pro Tem CEO and Trustee from 14 July 23 to 31 Jan 24.
“There were no trustees' remunera on or other benefits for the period ended 30 November 2024 nor for the year ended 30 June 2023 except for Sara Williams, who acted as Pro Tem CEO whilst also a Trustee for the period of 14th July 23 to 31st January 24, for which she was paid remunera on of £55,958 during this period.” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by DUX Advisory Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
KIDS OUT TRADING LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 30.11.25)
- Equity: £2
- Average employees: 3
KIDS OUT TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £560k
- Profit before tax: £15k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £5k
- Amounts owed to group undertakings 57,638
“Donations under gift aid : (5,494)”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Catherine Kirk — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- BIRD, Steve — director, appointed 21/04/2026on trustee list
- KARIM, Olayemi — director, appointed 21/04/2026on trustee list
- READING, Tom — director, appointed 21/04/2026on trustee list
- BARNES-VACHELL, Eileen — director, appointed 10/02/2025on trustee list
- IBEZI, Ada Uchenna — director, appointed 24/07/2024on trustee list
- CHILD, Ian Mccarron — director, appointed 08/02/2024on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£939k
Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 10.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (20/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Ada Ibezi
- Eileen Barnes-Vachell
- Ian Child
- Olayemi Karim
- Steve Bird
- Tom Reading
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is KIDS OUT UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,295,664 for the 17-month period, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,983,968 to £1,848,406. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of signing. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by DUX Advisory Limited.
Who funds KIDS OUT UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name KIDS OUT UK as a grant recipient include THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST, THE KERRISON TRUST, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST.
Known funders
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