KICKSTART NORFOLK LTD

Registered charity 1099931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KICKSTART NORFOLK

Hiring mopeds to allow individuals to access work, training, further education and for social inclusion.

Objects

A. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ITEMS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.B. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR ARE IN LOW PAID WORK AND WHO ARE RESTRICTED BY TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS PRINCIPALLY BY THE PROVISION OF MOPEDS OR OTHER TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES ON SUCH TERMS AS THE COUNCIL MAY DECIDE TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO AND THE USE OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES OR ALTERNATIVE WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND/OR TRAINING WHICH IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO WORK OPPORTUNITIES OR ALTERNATIVE WORK OPPORTUNITIESC. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY PRINCIPALLY , BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY RELIEVING PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED THROUGH LOW OR NO INCOME AND WHO MAY HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE CARE OF A FAMILY MEMBER BY PROVIDING MOPEDS OR OTHER TWO WHEELED VEHICLES TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND /OR TRAINING AND TO SOCIAL EXCHANGE TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY AND/OR WORK

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NORFOLK.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Breckland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,179 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £507,499. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains free reserves of £206,379, which is above its stated policy target of retaining at least £100,000 in uncommitted funds. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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 04873541

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.

• HOPKINS, Karen Lesley — director, appointed 08/08/2025on trustee list
• HENDRY, Yvonne — director, appointed 23/07/2020on trustee list
• JEFFERY, Jan — director, appointed 11/07/2013on trustee list
• JONES, Alan Richard — director, appointed 13/02/2004on trustee list
• WHITE, Carole Ann — director, appointed 21/08/2003on trustee list
• HENDRY, Yvonne — secretary, appointed 05/07/2023

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN RICHARD JONESchair
• CAROLE ANN WHITE
• Jan Jeffery
• Karen Lesley Hopkins
• Yvonne Hendry

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME-START NORFOLK.

• HOME-START NORFOLK income £457k
• NORTH NORFOLK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £324k
• NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £7.3m
• THE NORFOLK ACCIDENT RESCUE SERVICE income £284k
• ONE FOOTSTEP income £546k
• NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUST income £226k

Side by side with its peers

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