RED KITE FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1171250 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Red Kite Family Centre offers a range of activities, advice and support for all families with 0-4yr olds in Thame, Chinnor and the surrounding area of South Oxfordshire. Full details can be found on our website.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£113k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position was challenged by a 14% increase in costs due to inflationary pressures. To address this, the charity relies on community support for over 35% of costs and has hired a professional grant writer to secure future funding. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: local community (35% of income)

“Together, our community supports more than 35% of our current costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Red Kite Family Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Rachel Jones
Fiona Kelly Joines
JOHN HULETT · trustee of 2 other charities
Matthew Bromley
ROSIE PEARCE
SARAH BRADFORD · trustee of 2 other charities
William Frank Cleare

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£87k	£113k
31/03/2024	£149k	£99k
31/03/2023	£64k	£90k
31/03/2022	£59k	£91k
31/03/2021	£98k	£83k

Common questions

Is RED KITE FAMILY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position was challenged by a 14% increase in costs due to inflationary pressures. To address this, the charity relies on community support for over 35% of costs and has hired a professional grant writer to secure future funding. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RED KITE FAMILY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RED KITE FAMILY CENTRE as a grant recipient include SHARING LIFE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN THAME.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

JOHN HULETT — trustee here and at SHARING LIFE TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SHARING LIFE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Ukraine Support
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN THAME	FY2025	£500	Missionary societies (UK)
SHARING LIFE TRUST	FY2021	£500	Red Kite Family centre

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	22/09/2020	£16k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund