KIM INSPIRE

Registered charity 1104186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KIM PROJECT

Provide groups and activities within the community and in hospital settings which serve to develop the confidence, self-esteem and personal skills of vulnerable people, with a variety of difficult issues or situations.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£589k
Latest spending
£564k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,478 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £589,172 and expenditure of £563,694. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £146,519, which is marginally below the policy target of £152,207, though the trustees consider the risk mitigated by the spread of income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £147k; policy: up to 6 months in the event of the loss of all funding, unrestricted reserves should be above £172,207, however we do hold a designated reserve of £20,000 for redundancy costs, reducing the unrestricted reserve requirement to £152,207)
“The level of unrestricted reserves at year end were £146,519 which is only marginally short of the required amount.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: KIM Inspire Social Enterprises Ltd
“The charity has a wholly owned subsidiary as at 31 March 2025, KIM Inspire Social Enterprises Ltd, which is registered in England and Wales (incorporated 1 February 2011, registered number 07908511) as a company limited by shares.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kim Inspire (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£589k
Total spending
£564k
Cost of raising funds
£276
Reserves (reported)
£147k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£589k£564k
31/03/2024£589k£563k
31/03/2023£589k£587k
31/03/2022£540k£530k
31/03/2021£419k£408k

Common questions

Is KIM INSPIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,478 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £589,172 and expenditure of £563,694. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £146,519, which is marginally below the policy target of £152,207, though the trustees consider the risk mitigated by the spread of income. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KIM INSPIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KIM INSPIRE as a grant recipient include MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE NEUMARK FOUNDATION, THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2022£300kHealth
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
THE NEUMARK FOUNDATIONFY2023£7k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£1Regional Grants > £50K

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2018£10kKIM 4 Him, Wrexham
The National Lottery Community Fund30/06/2014£5kKIM Kitchen Garden
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2011£491kKIM;Communities in Mind

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 INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KIM INSPIRE£589k—0below—no doubt
INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£4.8m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
THE INSPIRE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FY2024£128k—0within—no doubt
KIDS INSPIRE FY2025£2.4m—0below—no doubt
INSPIRE PLUS FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
Inspira (01) FY2025£5.7m——above—no doubt

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