INCREDIBLE KIDS

Registered charity 1151185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Incredible Kids provides play and support to any family with a child or young person with a disability or additional need to strengthen family life and reduce inequality and social isolation. We run supported family play sessions for children with additional needs and their siblings, with advice and support for parents. The charity is Christian-led and open to all.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS; AND2. PROVIDING RELIEF AND RESPITE TO THE FAMILY AND CARERS OF THE CHILDREN;THESE OBJECTS SHALL BE FURTHERED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING CARE FOR THE CHILDREN AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SOCIALISE AND PLAY TOGETHER; ANDB) ALLOWING PARENTS AND CARERS TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK FROM THE PRESSURES OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND ENCOURAGING A MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PARENTS AND CARERS.WE DEFINE THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AS CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL, SENSORY, COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOURAL OR LEARNING DIFFICULTY, OR HAVE A LONG TERM/LIFE LIMITING CONDITION

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£140k
Latest spending
£129k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £10,428 for the year, with total funds held at £344,283. However, trustees note that a significant proportion of these funds are restricted for future premises, leaving freely available reserves limited to three months' worth of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees remain concerned about ongoing funding pressures and the difficulty of relying on short-term grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (42% of income)
“Grant incomeremained a core source of funding, with £58,100 received as restricted grants for specific projects and £52,470 received as unrestricted grants to support core costs and service delivery.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months’ worth of unrestricted reserves (held: £344k)
“We continue to hold three months’ worth of unrestricted reserves to protect against financial uncertainty and safeguard service delivery.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 33

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £6,600 — grants £6,600 (2); 6% of the £118,560 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£140k£129k
31/03/2024£119k£119k
31/03/2023£110k£117k
31/03/2022£394k£85k
31/03/2021£68k£63k

Common questions

Is INCREDIBLE KIDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £10,428 for the year, with total funds held at £344,283. However, trustees note that a significant proportion of these funds are restricted for future premises, leaving freely available reserves limited to three months' worth of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees remain concerned about ongoing funding pressures and the difficulty of relying on short-term grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INCREDIBLE KIDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INCREDIBLE KIDS as a grant recipient include THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE NISBET TRUST, THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION, THE BURDEN TRUST, QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2023Unverified read£77kOrganisations for Care and Training of Young People
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£22kOrganisations for Care and Training of Young People
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£13kYouth
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2024£11k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2025£8kOrganisations for Care and Training of Young People
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£7k3 grants totalling
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£6kChildren and young people
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2022£5kOrganisations for Care and Training of Young People
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2021£4kHealth
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
DANDIA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government01/04/2020£11kYouth Covid-19 Support Fund Grant

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 CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INCREDIBLE KIDS£140k——unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST FY2025£403k£39,7470unclear58.6%no doubt
KITH AND KIDS FY2025£858k—0below—no doubt
KIDS FY2025£9.4m——unclear—no doubt
LITTLE SENDSATIONS FY2026£117k—0unclear—no doubt
KIDS MATTER FY2025£892k£60,001–£70,0001above—no doubt

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