Kamelia Kids
Registered charity 1154939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMELIA BOTNAR CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Provision of specialist, high quality child care, education and support to include children with special and additional needs due to sickness, physical or mental disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances and with a view to improving their conditions of life and to provide support to their families.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £534,861, which is slightly below the trustees' policy target of approximately £548k. The charity reported a net income of £122,004 for the year, with total income increasing by 21% to £1,735,026. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in 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 position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £535k; policy: six months running costs)
“Based on six months running costs, the aspiration of the Trustees is to hold sufficient unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the Charity. This amounts to approximately £548k, currently the level of free reserves is £534,861 (2024: £465,892).” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: K Thompson, a trustee of the charity, is also a director of Nevalee Business Solutions Ltd (NBSL). During the year NBSL provided IT support totalling £2,060 (2024: £1,872) to the charity under normal commercial terms. The amount due to NBSL at the year-end was £234 (2024: £156).
“K Thompson, a trustee of the charity, is also a director of Nevalee Business Solutions Ltd (NBSL). During the year NBSL provided IT support totalling £2,060 (2024: £1,872) to the charity under normal commercial terms. The amount due to NBSL at the year-end was £234 (2024: £156). P Jarman, a trustee of the charity, donated use of accounting software to the charity with a total fair value of £564 (2024: £564). The gift was unrestricted and was recognized at its market value at the date of donation.” — page 27
“P Jarman, a trustee of the charity, donated use of accounting software to the charity with a total fair value of £564 (2024: £564). The gift was unrestricted and was recognized at its market value at the date of donation.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: P Jarman, a trustee of the charity, donated use of accounting software to the charity with a total fair value of £564 (2024: £564). The gift was unrestricted and was recognized at its market value at the date of donation.
“K Thompson, a trustee of the charity, is also a director of Nevalee Business Solutions Ltd (NBSL). During the year NBSL provided IT support totalling £2,060 (2024: £1,872) to the charity under normal commercial terms. The amount due to NBSL at the year-end was £234 (2024: £156). P Jarman, a trustee of the charity, donated use of accounting software to the charity with a total fair value of £564 (2024: £564). The gift was unrestricted and was recognized at its market value at the date of donation.” — page 27
“P Jarman, a trustee of the charity, donated use of accounting software to the charity with a total fair value of £564 (2024: £564). The gift was unrestricted and was recognized at its market value at the date of donation.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kamelia Kids (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Suzanne — Nursery Operations 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): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- KAY FRANCES HAFFENDENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dorothy Grace Calderwood
- Keith Gordon Thompson
- LINDA MARGARET SMITH
- PETER RAWDON JARMAN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Kamelia Kids financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £534,861, which is slightly below the trustees' policy target of approximately £548k. The charity reported a net income of £122,004 for the year, with total income increasing by 21% to £1,735,026. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
Who funds Kamelia Kids?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Kamelia Kids as a grant recipient include FRIARSGATE TRUST, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION, THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION, THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST.
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