UNIQUE KIDZ & CO

Registered charity 1131652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the social and play opportunities of children and young people with additional needs and disabilities and to include their siblings.We do this by providing After School Clubs, Holiday Clubs, Daytime Support, Stay and Play Sessions, Siblings Groups and Youth Clubs. All the sessions take place at the charities rented premises, Unique Kidz and Co Woodhill Lane Morecambe LA4 4NW.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO' ADVANCE THE SOCIAL AND PLAY OPPORTUNITIES OFCHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES,INCLUDING THEIR SIBLINGS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £37,618 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £660,994. The trustees note that unrestricted funds not committed represent 34% of annual running costs, which is short of their stated policy target of one year's running costs. The trustees acknowledge potential funding gaps within services and aim to create increased reserves through planned operating surpluses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Unique Kidz & Co (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £197k. 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 · linkedin

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANE HALPINchair
• Brett Cooper
• DENISE ARMER
• Dr Joanna Catherine Heaton Marriott
• Jatinder Singh Dhillon

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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