FREE TO BE KIDS

Registered charity 1165678 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Free to Be Kids provides respite holidays, therapeutic adventures, after-school support and a range of year round residentials for children who are struggling with social or emotional difficulties, significant social/financial disadvantage or who are growing up in marginalised communities. Without our work, many would not have support or a break from often extremely difficult home circumstances.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Kendallchair
• Amy-Kate Robinson
• Beulah Antonin
• Dr GEMMA CHENEY
• Elena Davies
• Leila Shepherd-North
• Olusola Adebiyi
• Richard Nicholas
• Rosie Macpherson
• Theresa Anne Dauncey

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · East Sussex · Essex · Hertfordshire · Kent · Oxfordshire · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

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