YKIDS LTD

Registered charity 1141530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YKIDS

Ykids works to benefit the lives of children, young people and families living in deprivation in Merseyside. We deliver projects, activities and events to build emotional resilience, develop skills, raise aspirations and bring about community transformation.The charity has a Christian ethos and also works to support churches develop effective, relevant and engaging youth and children's work

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £46,714 fall significantly short of the trustees' stated policy target of £150,000 to £300,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £54,420 for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash at bank from £80,716 to £21,867.

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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr JAIME CRAIGchair
• ANDREA PARRY
• Andrew Christian Kent
• Frances Meg Mann
• KEVIN THOMAS
• ROY COLEMAN
• Steve Matthews
• Tanya Edwards

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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