KEF KIDS

Registered charity 1176298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEF

The charity provides out-of-school hours activities for children with disabilities, primarily from the Jewish communities in the London Borough of Barnet, but also to Jewish children in Brent and Hackney and other areas in England. The charity's aims are to provide social, leisure and developmental benefits to children with disabilities and support and respite to their families.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £224,000 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting from total income of £1,212,000 against expenditure of £1,436,000. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £263,000, which is slightly below the stated policy target of three to six months of operational costs, though the trustees remain confident in the charity's financial stability.

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: £263k; policy: three to six months of operational costs)
“At the year end, free reserves stood at £263,000, an amount equal to 2.2 months of operational costs, slightly below the target range.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — KEF KIDS (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£153k
Reserves (reported)
£263k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% 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: 12.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£1.2m£1.4m
31/01/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/01/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/01/2022£994k£1.1m
31/01/2021£844k£530k

Common questions

Is KEF KIDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £224,000 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting from total income of £1,212,000 against expenditure of £1,436,000. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £263,000, which is slightly below the stated policy target of three to six months of operational costs, though the trustees remain confident in the charity's financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds KEF KIDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEF KIDS as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, DELAPAGE LIMITED, THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST, CHARITWORTH LIMITED.

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.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/04/2026£20kKef Weekend Residential Respite Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£20kKEF KIDS Family Weekend
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£10kKEF KIDS SUNDAY ACTIVITIES

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 KIDS CARE LONDON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEF KIDS£1.2m—0below—no doubt
KIDS CARE LONDON FY2025£780k—0unclear—no doubt
KEEN LONDON FY2025£397k—0unclear—no doubt
STEP BY STEP LONDON FY2025£1.6m—0below—no doubt
KIDS FY2025£9.4m——unclear—no doubt
JEWISH CHILD'S DAY FY2024£637k—0above—no doubt

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