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OUR KIDS

Registered charity 1109158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To pursue the objects of the charity with all the resources available to the charity.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£19.3m
Latest spending
£18.8m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,084,781, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve sufficient to cover all liabilities as they fall due, rather than adhering to a specific time-based policy target. The charity reported a net income increase to £531,646, driven by improved results from its trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).” — page 29
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: enough to cover all liabilities as they fall due (held: £4.1m)
“The trustees have resolved ta maintain a minimum reserve, being enough to cover all liabilities as they fail due.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Easygift Trading Ltd, Arrow Mill Management Ltd
“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charity, Our Kids and its 2 100% owned subsidiaries, Easygift Trading Ltd and Arrow Mill Management Ltd.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by G AHARRIS & CO LIMITED. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

EASYGIFT TRADING LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 2025-12-31)
  • Turnover: £21.4m
  • Profit/loss before tax: £262k
  • Equity: £1.4m
  • Average employees: 33
ARROW MILL MANAGEMENT LTD — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 2025-12-31)
  • Turnover: £1.0m
  • Profit/loss before tax: £-98
  • Equity: £1
  • Average employees: 10
EASYGIFT TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £18.7m
  • Profit before tax: £53k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £497k
“The company made gift aid payments duriing the year of £496,643 (2023 £327,527) to Our Kids, its parent company.”
ARROW MILL MANAGEMENT LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £1.0m
  • Profit before tax: £8k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £45k
  • Intra-group services and balances disclosed
“During the year the directors made Gift Aid payments of £44,896 (2023 £49,936) to the parent company, Our Kids. These payments represent the amount of undistributed profits of the company.”

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£19.3m
Total spending
£18.8m
Reserves (reported)
£5.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% 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 (3.8%) (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
31/12/2024£19.3m£18.8m
31/12/2023£16.7m£16.2m
31/12/2022£14.1m£13.8m
31/12/2021£14.8m£14.8m
31/12/2020£15.1m£14.3m

Common questions

Is OUR KIDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,084,781, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve sufficient to cover all liabilities as they fall due, rather than adhering to a specific time-based policy target. The charity reported a net income increase to £531,646, driven by improved results from its trading subsidiaries. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by G AHARRIS & CO LIMITED.

What does the highest-paid employee of OUR KIDS earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED1£92k
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST1£58k
M AND M FOUNDATION1£30k
SAMJO LIMITED1£25k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£17k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with T & S TRUST FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUR KIDS£19.3mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025£334k—0above—no doubt
CHORTKOV TRUST FY2025£219k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025£220k—0above—no doubt
MW (HO) FOUNDATION FY2024£207k—0unclear—no doubt

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