KIDS INSPIRE

Registered charity 1129513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1:1 or group therapy with qualified therapists using a variety of techniques including art, music or complementary therapies, Mentoring, home visits and parental support around behavior, abuse, poverty and isolation, Support for identified issues such as bereavement and domestic abuse, Partnership work with other services including statutory provision.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £199,493 for the year ended 30 April 2025, which was covered from reserves. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £413,477 are significantly below the stated policy target of £1,281,989, a position attributed to the year's deficit and the maintenance of a £500,000 designated reserve for potential property acquisition.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Edmund Carr LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sue Bell OBE DL — Chief Executive (source)
• Nick Tesseyman — Chair (source)
• Vicky Haylock — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Kamila De Nadai — Deputy Clinical Director (source)
• Emma Ritchie — Deputy Clinical Director (source)
• Paula Ashfield — Head of Fundraising (source)
• Winston Wong — Head of Finance (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Essex County Council — “Through commissioned funding — including support from Essex County Council for our Early Intervention work — we offer timely therapeutic sup…” (source page)
• NHS Essex ICB — “Commissioned by the NHS Essex ICB, the service is available to those registered with a GP in Southend, Castle Point & Rochford, Thurrock, Ba…” (source page)
• Baker Labels — “Discover why Baker Labels partners with Kids Inspire , supporting our work year after year.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 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 (52% 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: 13.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicholas Tesseymanchair
• Ashni Shah
• Danielle Price
• Deborah Stephenson
• Dr Caroline Dollery · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gillian Box
• Gwendoline Scarlett Thornton
• LOUISE HORNAGOLD
• Melanie Lee
• Stuart White

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea · Suffolk · Thurrock

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 KIM INSPIRE.

• KIM INSPIRE income £589k
• INSPIRING TEACHERS income £395k
• INSPIRE PLUS income £1.2m
• INSPIRE NOTTINGHAM income £149k
• THE INSPIRE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £128k
• FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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