KAYAKS

Registered charity 1158725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BASED IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND OFFICES, PROVIDING SUPPORT IN SPECIAL NEEDS/DISABILITY ISSUES. FOR KIDS WE PROVIDE, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL,LEISURE ACTIVITIES,EXCURSIONS, RESIDENTIAL WEEKENDS,WIDER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. FOR PARENTS/CARERS/SIBLINGS/FRIENDS, WE OFFER INFORMATION,SUPPORT,GUIDANCE,ADVICE,ADVOCACY, REPRESENTATION & WELLBEING. WE ARE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH'S SEND "LOCAL OFFER".

Objects

TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO HELP DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH A RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN A SAFE, SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT.TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL HELP, SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO PARENTS AND CARERS.TO PROMOTE INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ON SPECIAL NEEDS ISSUES TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.TO DEVELOP SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF THE GROUP.TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £6,565 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total net assets to £72,797. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to hold funds for three months of operating costs, and the unrestricted funds balance was £66,797. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and no material issues were identified.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 16/03/2023, 44 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Blandchair
• FAY CUNNINGHAM · trustee of 4 other charities
• JILL MARIE OSBORNE
• LOUISE HENDERSON
• MALCOLM ROSS OSBORNE
• RICHARD TERANCE JOHNS

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YSS.

• YSS income £1.0m
• UMQ COMMUNITY CENTRE income £120k
• WEY KAYAK CLUB income £105k
• CXK income £7.5m
• KITH AND KIDS income £858k
• VIKING KAYAK CLUB income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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