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IKDI

Registered charity 1157417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IN KIND DIRECT INTERNATIONAL

IKDI manages a network of charities in several countries, each of which co-ordinates the redistribution of surplus new goods to other not for profit organisations and their beneficiaries. Charities are able to save money as a result of receiving donated goods distributed by each network member. With these savings, charities are able to improve and extend their services.

Objects

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED TO PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND SPECIFICALLY TO:4.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INTERNATIONALLY IN RESPECT OF:4.1.1.1 SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REDISTRIBUTION PRACTICES, WHICH ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;4.1.1.2 THE MATCHING OF SURPLUS GOODS AND MATERIALS TO THE NEEDS OF CHARITIES AND INDIVIDUALS;4.1.1.3 RESEARCH INTO THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE MATCHING OF SURPLUS TO NEED AND SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REDISTRIBUTION PROCESSES;4.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;4.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MATCHING SURPLUS GOODS AND MATERIALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE NEEDS OF CHARITIES AND INDIVIDUALS; AND4.1.4 ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that IKDI held unrestricted reserves of £92,587 against a policy target of three months' operational cash flow, with total reserves at £108,920. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient reserves to operate into 2026 and expressed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ operational cash flow (held: £93k)
“The board of IKDI has agreed that IKDI should aim to achieve reserves equivalent to three months’ operational cash flow.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Licence fee income from parent
“£11,250 from In Kind Direct. This fee represents 60% of the annual membership and licence fee paid by other network members”
“Three of the trustees of IKDI, Teresa Tideman, Ajay Kavan and Richard Wolff, are also trustees of In Kind Direct.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees overlap with parent
“£11,250 from In Kind Direct. This fee represents 60% of the annual membership and licence fee paid by other network members”
“Three of the trustees of IKDI, Teresa Tideman, Ajay Kavan and Richard Wolff, are also trustees of In Kind Direct.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£76k£58k
31/12/2023£47k£48k
31/12/2022£94k£89k
31/12/2021£74k£68k
31/12/2020£39k£65k

Common questions

Is IKDI financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that IKDI held unrestricted reserves of £92,587 against a policy target of three months' operational cash flow, with total reserves at £108,920. The trustees confirmed the charity has sufficient reserves to operate into 2026 and expressed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.