KINETIC FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30272412 · Wikipedia

Kinetic Foundation provides support and activities which help develop the skills, capacity and capabilities of young people.The charity advances and promotes community development, providing young people with access to facilities, training and opportunities to participate in sport, leisure,volunteer activities and vocational related training courses.

Objects

4(1)THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITY AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AND INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. IN FURTHERANCE OF SUB-CLAUSE 4(1) ABOVE, THE CHARITY MAY UNDERTAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:(A)ADVANCE AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING;(B)PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO FACILITIES, TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORT, LEISURE AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES; AND (C)ADVANCE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PARTAKE IN EDUCATION, HEALTH AND VOCATIONAL RELATED TRAINING COURSES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£983k
Latest spending
£910k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable level of reserves with a balance of £142,237 available at the end of the financial year. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a surplus for the year, having spent £910,084 of the £982,670 raised in funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Harris staff recharges (44% of income)
“The largest contribution was £430,840 of Harris staff recharges made to support our full time Academy programme.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: unclear (reserves figure: £142k)
“We have a balance of £142,237 available at the end of the financial year which we intend to use to support our ongoing and new initiatives moving forward in-line with our financial reserves policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Kinetic Foundation paid staff costs under joint contracts of employment of £30,649 to Kinetic Coaching in Sport Ltd, a company jointly owned by key management personnel Mr J Fotheringham and Mr H Hudson.
“Kinetic Foundation paid staff costs under joint contracts of employment of £30,649 (2024: £20,152) to Kinetic Coaching in Sport Ltd during the year, a company jointly owned by the key management personnel Mr J Fotheringham and Mr H Hudson.” — page 47
“Kinetic Foundation also recharged £391,158 (2024: £325,857) of staff costs under joint contracts of employment to Kinetic Coaching in Sport Ltd during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Kinetic Foundation recharged £391,158 of staff costs under joint contracts of employment to Kinetic Coaching in Sport Ltd.
“Kinetic Foundation paid staff costs under joint contracts of employment of £30,649 (2024: £20,152) to Kinetic Coaching in Sport Ltd during the year, a company jointly owned by the key management personnel Mr J Fotheringham and Mr H Hudson.” — page 47
“Kinetic Foundation also recharged £391,158 (2024: £325,857) of staff costs under joint contracts of employment to Kinetic Coaching in Sport Ltd during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £182,506 — contracts £91,253 (91,253), grants £91,253 (3); 19% of the £982,670 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £81,599 — grants £81,599 (4); 11% of the £769,518 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 9

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

Corporate structure

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

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

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

Total income
£983k
Total spending
£910k
Reserves (reported)
£142k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 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 (44% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£983k£910k
31/08/2024£770k£767k
31/08/2023£648k£690k
31/08/2022£471k£527k
31/08/2021£381k£297k

Common questions

Is KINETIC FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable level of reserves with a balance of £142,237 available at the end of the financial year. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a surplus for the year, having spent £910,084 of the £982,670 raised in funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KINETIC FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KINETIC FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST, JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£29k
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATIONFY2021£15kFootball programmes and unrestricted grant for employment/education support

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2024£17kKinetic Academy Mentoring
Sport England27/01/2022£6kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England20/04/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England13/02/2015£6kKinetic Football

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 KINETIC YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KINETIC FOUNDATION£983k—0unclear—no doubt
KINETIC YOUTH FY2025£1.3m—1below—no doubt
KINETIKA PEOPLE FY2025£721k—0above—no doubt
DYNAMIC CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2025£444k—0above11.7%no doubt
THE DYNAMIC GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEUROKINETIC CLUB FY2025£58k——above—no doubt

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