KICK IT OUT
Registered charity 1104056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KICK IT OUT LIMITED
Kick It Out is football's equality and inclusion organisation working throughout the football and sporting sector. The Charity takes an active role by developing partnerships with sports bodies, community groups, educational establishments and government.
Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £89,179 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a significant improvement from the £405,697 deficit in the prior year, driven mainly by a reduction in staff costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £485,644, which is above the stated policy target of three months of expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of staff costs and other committed expenditure (held: £486k)
“The reserves policy is to hold three months of staff costs and other committed expenditure, which currently amounts to £328k based on the 2025-26 budget review.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sedulo Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — KICK IT OUT (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sanjay Bhandari — Chair (source)
- Hollie Varney — COO (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.
- MANSOUR, Hannah Kathryn — director, appointed 30/03/2026on trustee list
- BOFFEY, Matthew Anthony — director, appointed 01/06/2024on trustee list
- MORGAN, Wesley — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
- BATTERS, Sarah — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
- JONES, Daniel Charles Rhys — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
- PAOUROS, Christina Andria — director, appointed 12/09/2019on trustee list
- BHANDARI, Sanjay — director, appointed 12/09/2019on trustee list
- OKAFOR, Samuel — secretary, appointed 15/07/2024
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (82% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Sanjay Bhandarichair
- Christina Andria Paouros
- Daniel Charles Rhys Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
- Hannah Kathryn Mansour
- Matthew Boffey
- Sarah Jane Louise Batters
- Wesley Morgan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is KICK IT OUT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £89,179 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a significant improvement from the £405,697 deficit in the prior year, driven mainly by a reduction in staff costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £485,644, which is above the stated policy target of three months of expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sedulo Audit Limited.
Who funds KICK IT OUT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name KICK IT OUT as a grant recipient include THE PLAYERS FOUNDATION, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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