KINETIKA PEOPLE

Registered charity 1160439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Kinetika People is known for its high quality community engagement work around place-making. We run participatory programmes, workshops and artist training schemes, which aim to nurture new artistic talent and engage communities, raising aspirations and building a sense of place.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£721k

Latest spending

£570k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £721,445 with total expenditure of £570,156, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £135,455, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £43,000 (three months of running costs).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £135k)

“The trustees consider that a target of holding a minimum of 3 months of running costs as a general reserve is appropriate for the charity. For the 2023/24 financial year, this amounts to £43,000.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£721k

Total spending

£570k

Reserves (reported)

£104k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DING DING · trustee of 1 other charity
Gwendoline Grollier
MARTIN JOHN TYSON
Matthew Lane MB ChB
Zyle Mills · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Chile · India · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£721k	£570k
31/03/2024	£351k	£296k
31/03/2023	£257k	£275k
31/03/2022	£314k	£319k
31/03/2021	£348k	£272k

Common questions

Is KINETIKA PEOPLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £721,445 with total expenditure of £570,156, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £135,455, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £43,000 (three months of running costs). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2024	£49k	Beach of Dreams 25 Re-imagining Coastal Narratives
UK government	26/01/2024	£3k	ALB-Historic England-Beach of Dreams 25 Re-imagining Coastal Narratives
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/05/2023	£279k	“T100” (A New Story for Thurrock)
UK government	13/10/2022	£126k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	13/10/2022	£126k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	17/07/2020	£56k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/10/2019	£134k	T100
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/11/2015	£64k	"Thurrock 100: Heritage Walking and Talking"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/04/2009	£10k	"The Pearly Queen"