KIDS CLUB KAMPALA

Registered charity 1152451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KCK

Kids Club Kampala helps vulnerable kids across East Africa survive and thrive. Our mission is to transform children's lives, empower communities, and reduce poverty throughout East Africa. We do this by meeting children's and families' immediate needs and strengthening their futures through child protection, access to education and family strengthening.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.8m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £1,766,379, with unrestricted reserves standing at £131,165. The trustees report that the charity's reserves policy targets three months' running costs, calculated as £100,000 for 2025. The unrestricted reserves are below this stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Transfer of assets from The Mango Tree (30% of income)

“30% was made up of the transfer of assets from the Mango Tree charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by JW Hinks LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Olivia Barker White — CEO (source)
Sam Wambayo — Executive Director (source)

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): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£37k

Reserves (reported)

£131k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Gregory Moserchair
David Paul Moore · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Kipling
Oliver Du Croz
Rachel Lindley · trustee of 1 other charity
William Fulton

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

Operates in: Ireland · Kenya · Tanzania · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.8m	£1.3m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£804k
31/12/2023	£666k	£722k
31/12/2022	£604k	£760k
31/12/2021	£577k	£452k

Common questions

Is KIDS CLUB KAMPALA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £1,766,379, with unrestricted reserves standing at £131,165. The trustees report that the charity's reserves policy targets three months' running costs, calculated as £100,000 for 2025. The unrestricted reserves are below this stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by JW Hinks LLP.

Who funds KIDS CLUB KAMPALA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KIDS CLUB KAMPALA as a grant recipient include Brian Mercer Trust, WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, MARR-MUNNING TRUST, GOLDEN STABLE, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Brian Mercer Trust	FY2025	£75k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2024	£50k	Single Institutional Project Grants
MARR-MUNNING TRUST	FY2025	£50k	Unrestricted Grant
Brian Mercer Trust	FY2024	£45k	Prevention and Relief of Human Suffering
GOLDEN STABLE	FY2023	£33k
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k	Christmas Challenge
Brian Mercer Trust	FY2022	£16k	Charitable Activities
Brian Mercer Trust	FY2023	£15k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Theme of the Year
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£11k	International projects
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Secondary
MARR-MUNNING TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Kids Club Kampala General Funding 23
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£10k
DIDYMUS	FY2022	£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2024	£5k
GOLDEN STABLE	FY2025	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE EDGBASTON BIRMINGHAM	FY2024	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE EDGBASTON BIRMINGHAM	FY2025	£5k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Social Action
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Social Action
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k	International
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k	International
PORTSWOOD CHURCH	FY2023	£2k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2025	£2k
PORTSWOOD CHURCH	FY2022	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHNS, WALMLEY	FY2025	£1k	Mission & Outreach
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHNS, WALMLEY	FY2023	£1k	Mission & Outreach
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	International
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHNS, WALMLEY	FY2022	£1k	Mission & Outreach
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2022	£1k	Project Grants
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k	Small Grant
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORS	FY2022	£250
GOLDEN STABLE	FY2024	£0
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2025	£0	Single institutional project grants
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2025	£0
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Foundation Scotland	13/08/2024	£5k	Our Lives Our Land - Kenya

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WINCHESTER	1	£246k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY AND CHRIST CHURCH, RICHMOND, SURREY	1	£24k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£7k
HALCROW FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	1	£3k
HELP CHANGE LIVES	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIDZ KLUB - LEEDS.

KIDZ KLUB - LEEDS income £493k
KARIS KIDS income £227k
WATOTO CHILD CARE MINISTRIES income £1.4m
Empowering Kids in Kenya income £179k
KIDS income £9.4m
THE FRIENDS OF NORTH KIGEZI DIOCESE income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KIDS CLUB KAMPALA	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KIDZ KLUB - LEEDS FY2025	£493k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KARIS KIDS FY2025	£227k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WATOTO CHILD CARE MINISTRIES FY2025	£1.4m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
Empowering Kids in Kenya FY2025	£179k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KIDS FY2025	£9.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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