KIDS ZONE (HACKNEY)

Registered charity 1153024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE STEPS (STAMFORD HILL)

Kids Zone is targeting large families that are interested in something more than simple baby-sitting facilities; they would like the children to be enrolled in a program that offers development of many different skills including:social skills, arts and crafts, reading, numbers, etc.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PRIMARILY OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £187,764, which the Trustees report is in accordance with their policy aim of maintaining six to twelve months of running costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £141,698 for the year, with total incoming resources of £657,701 against total resources expended of £516,003.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

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 (55% 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

• Elizer Margulies
• Mark Spitzer
• PHILIPPE HERZEFT

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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