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.

Objects

4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS")ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING SHALL BE AN OBJECT OF THE CHARITY WHICH IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, BY:. FOSTERING AND PROMOTING THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS,. PROMOTING RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF ART AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS,. SUPPORTING, BY PRODUCTION OF AND PARTICIPATION IN, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROJECTS THAT ARE ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE,. SUPPORTING THE TRAINING AND TEACHING OF YOUNG ARTISTS,. PROVIDING GRANTS AND OTHER FORMS OF FUNDING FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT,. WORKING WITH OTHER SIMILAR BODIES TO ADVANCE THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS,. PROMOTING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

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

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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Kinetika People is a registered charity and National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England.” (source page)

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

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with People's Theatre Collective Ltd.

• People's Theatre Collective Ltd income £184k
• KIM INSPIRE income £589k
• KD CULTURE income £125k
• KINLET FAMILY PLAYGROUP income £153k
• PEOPLE ARISE NOW income £237k
• EQUAL PEOPLE PERFORMING ARTS income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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