PARENT CLUB

Registered charity 1158989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Parent Club delivers Kitchen Clubs, where parents with pre-school children meet to prepare and share healthy, easy to cook food. They are designed to improve mental wellbeing through supporting parents to make new connections, learn new skills and make a positive contribution. Improved skills in healthy eating and parenting are also key outcomes. We currently work across North-East London.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE UK BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS RELEVANT TO HEALTHY PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£236k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £288,937, with unrestricted general funds increasing to £85,304. The charity reports sufficient income for the next twelve months and maintains a reserves policy of at least three months of running costs, though the specific monetary target is not defined in the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donor J Van Mars Foundation had a trustee in common with the Club.
“During the financial year ended 31% December 2025, one of the donors — the J Van Mars Foundation, which contributed £50,000 (2024: £50,000) to the Club, had a trustee in common with the Club.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Government income: £5,986 — grants £5,986 (2); 6% of the £92,644 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£236k£215k
31/12/2024£230k£142k
31/12/2023£93k£110k
31/12/2022£120k£85k
31/12/2021£51k£56k

Common questions

Is PARENT CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £288,937, with unrestricted general funds increasing to £85,304. The charity reports sufficient income for the next twelve months and maintains a reserves policy of at least three months of running costs, though the specific monetary target is not defined in the text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PARENT CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARENT CLUB as a grant recipient include CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£41k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kChurch & Communities Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kChurch & Communities Programme
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£10kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£10kGrants
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£10kChurch & Communities Programme
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2023£5kMount Fund - Mental Health
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE TOY TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE TOY TRUSTFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2024£20kWoodlands Park Kitchen Club
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The Mercers' Company04/10/2023£50kGrant to Parent Club
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£17kWoodlands Park Kitchen Club
Hackney Council13/05/2022£15kGrant to Parent Club
London Borough of Hackney13/05/2022£15kGrant to Parent Club
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2021£10kWoodlands Park Kitchen Club
The Mercers' Company27/01/2021£20kGrant to Parent Club
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2016£10kCazenove Kitchen Club

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PARENT CLUB£236k—0unclear—no doubt
EAT CLUB FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
LEARNING WITH PARENTS FY2025£901k—0above—no doubt
CAKE CLUB FY2025£162kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
KIDZ KLUB - LEEDS FY2025£493k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARENT HOUSE TRUST FY2025£374kmore than £60,0001below—no doubt

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