THE KIDS NETWORK

Registered charity 1167178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Kids Network supports children through one to one mentoring services .

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£829k
Latest spending
£782k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a positive balance of £47,220 and total net assets of £198,900. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were below the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (£150,000), though unrestricted reserves had grown against the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £92k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“At the end of 2025 our free reserves were below our stated policy” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Kids Network (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£829k
Total spending
£782k
Cost of raising funds
£119k
Reserves (reported)
£199k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 14.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£829k£782k
31/12/2024£779k£767k
31/12/2023£779k£871k
31/12/2022£642k£660k
31/12/2021£447k£409k

Common questions

Is THE KIDS NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a positive balance of £47,220 and total net assets of £198,900. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were below the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (£150,000), though unrestricted reserves had grown against the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE KIDS NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE KIDS NETWORK as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATION, THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£250kACE Charity Main Grants
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATIONFY2024£107kGrant funding of activities
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£95k
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATIONFY2025£79k
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2024£68kJustice and Community Development
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATIONFY2023£67kGrants to institutions
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATIONFY2022£65k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£60kLambeth Connecting for Change
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£50k
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2022£26k
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2023£25kCommunity support grant
The Brindle FoundationFY2023£25k
The Trevor Hemmings FoundationFY2023£20kSocial welfare grants
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kLambeth Connecting for Change
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£20k
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2025£20k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kLambeth Connecting for Change
THE STORY OF CHRISTMASFY2025£16k
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2022£16kStrategic Funding Group
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£15kcosts of providing mentors for at risk children in London
THE ERANDA ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kHealth, welfare and medical research
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2022£15kThe Mount Fund - Mental Health
FOUX FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2023£10k
THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSAFY2024£10k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2022£8k
The Trevor Hemmings FoundationFY2022£5k
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2021£5kPeople in need
LUCILLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2024£3kYear Group Donations
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2025£3kMount Fund - Community Youth Services
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2022£3k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2023£3kYear Group Donations
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2023£3k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2023£2kGrants to organisations
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2024£2k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2022£2k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2024£2kFoundation Fund grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20kThe Kids Network Southwark Mentoring Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2022£10kThe Kids Network Southwark Mentoring Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/09/2021£10kConnecting for Change in Brent
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2021£240kThe Kids Network Hackney
Camden Giving08/06/2020£5kThe Kids Network
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2020£20kThe Kids Network
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£5kGrant to The Kids Network
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£1kGrant to The Kids Network
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£10kTransition Primary Mentoring
Camden Giving26/07/2018£100kThe Third Age Project

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 THE GIRLS' NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KIDS NETWORK£829k—0below—no doubt
THE GIRLS' NETWORK FY2025£1.3mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
KIDS TRUST FY2025£57k—0below—no doubt
KIDS FY2025£9.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE FOSTERING NETWORK FY2025£9.4m——unclear—no doubt
CHILDNET FY2025£739k—0unclear—no doubt

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