THE KIDSAID FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1167852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
KidsAid is a child-centred charity. We support traumatised children through the delivery of long-term, evidence-based therapies. Our aim is to improve child mental health and empower families to thrive so that childhood trauma does not become a lifelong burden. The KidsAid Foundation (Charity Number: 1122047 ) was established in 2007. We have since become a CIO (1167852).
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £65,778 and total unrestricted free reserves of £208,261. The trustees report that this reserves position is in line with their policy target of holding three months of running costs. The charity notes that its future sustainability depends on continued donations and partnerships as it receives no statutory funding.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of running costs (held: £208k)
“KidsAid aims to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least three months of running costs.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The father of the CEO is employed by the charity in an operational role. He is not line-managed by the CEO, and his remuneration, responsibilities, and performance are reviewed independently to ensure transparency, fairness, and compliance with the charity’s governance policies.
“The father of the CEO is employed by the charity in an operational role. He is not line-managed by the CEO, and his remuneration, responsibilities, and performance are reviewed independently to ensure transparency, fairness, and compliance with the charity’s governance policies.” — page 19
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 — KidsAid (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Trevor Pearcechair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Annette Brooks
- David Appleton · trustee of 2 other charities
- Nick Scott
- Peter Ross
- Rachel Beech
- Tina Welford
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE KIDSAID FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £65,778 and total unrestricted free reserves of £208,261. The trustees report that this reserves position is in line with their policy target of holding three months of running costs. The charity notes that its future sustainability depends on continued donations and partnerships as it receives no statutory funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds THE KIDSAID FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE KIDSAID FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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 CHILDREN'S AID.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.