KIDS IN MIND

Registered charity 1151610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CYRIL PASKIN MEMORIAL TRUST, THE PASKIN CHILDREN'S TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC054601 (OSCR)

To provide, or assist in the provision of facilities for health recreation, education, leisure, and to provide funds for medical research, in the United Kingdom, for children and youth who by reason of their age, infirmity, disability, poverty or economic circumstances, may have need of such facilities with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£985k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £975,033, which is above the stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to six months of staff costs. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months staff costs, funds to meet a year’s children’s services and the loss of a major fund-raising event (held: £975k)
“to hold a reserve to meet the more robust Charity Commission’s recommended policy of 6 months staff costs, funds to meet a year’s children’s services and the loss of a major fund-raising event.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kids in Mind Trading Ltd
“Kids in Mind Trading Ltd Ordinary 100% Yes” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Milton Avis LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£985k
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (92% 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: 4.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£1.6m£985k
29/02/2024£398k£23k
28/02/2023£10k£3k
28/02/2022£0£4k
28/02/2021£8k£31k

Common questions

Is KIDS IN MIND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £975,033, which is above the stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to six months of staff costs. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Milton Avis LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KIDS IN MIND£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
KIDS FY2025£9.4m——unclear—no doubt
KIDS CARE LONDON FY2025£780k—0unclear—no doubt
SICKKIDS FOUNDATION UK FY2025£304k—0unclear—no doubt
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED FY2025£61.0m——unclear—no doubt
KIDZ KLUB BRIGHTON & HOVE FY2025£235kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt

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