KENNEDY ST FOUNDATION
Kennedy Street provides support and signposting to individuals & families with a "hand up" approach for recovery from all addictions. We offer support via our Recovery Hub and remotely via a helpline. For those interested in engaging with a recovery process, we can also offer via our Recovery Hub: * Peer support* 121 recovery coaching * personal development workshops* Volunteering
Objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WITH POOR MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR ADDICTION ISSUES FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds increased slightly from £88,416 to £89,119, driven by unrestricted income exceeding expenditure. However, the restricted fund experienced a deficit, reducing its balance from £50,826 to £29,948 due to restricted expenditure exceeding restricted income. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025
- Volunteers: 22
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024
- Volunteers: 23
- Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 3% of the £196,438 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023
- Volunteers: 25
- Government income: £7,000 — grants £7,000 (1); 8% of the £89,417 total gross income on the same return
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/01/2025)
Trustees
- Caroline Rose Lyons
- Dr Sarah Flowers
- Lucy Lemay Hutchinson
- Matthew Roff
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2025 | £191k | £191k |
| 30/04/2024 | £196k | £133k |
| 30/04/2023 | £89k | £112k |
| 30/04/2022 | £68k | £76k |
| 30/04/2021 | £85k | £30k |
Common questions
Is KENNEDY ST FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased slightly from £88,416 to £89,119, driven by unrestricted income exceeding expenditure. However, the restricted fund experienced a deficit, reducing its balance from £50,826 to £29,948 due to restricted expenditure exceeding restricted income. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds KENNEDY ST FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name KENNEDY ST FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE DERVIA FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION, THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PRET FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE DERVIA FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £104k | |
| THE REED FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £22k | Christmas Challenge |
| THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £10k | |
| THE PRET FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £9k | |
| THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2026 | amount not stated |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 10/07/2025 | £20k | Recovery Connection |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 09/02/2024 | £19k | Kennedy Street Recovery Community |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/06/2022 | £10k | Kennedy Street Recovery |
| Postcode Lottery | 26/03/2022 | £23k | Core costs of Recovery Hub |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| Point North Community Foundation | 1 | £60k |
| TRUST FOR LONDON | 1 | £44k |
| TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST | 1 | £8k |
Charities like this
- STRIDE FOUNDATION UK
- WADDINGTON STREET CENTRE LIMITED
- BERRY STREET FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED
- STREETSCENE ADDICTION RECOVERY
- RECONNECTION
- PHOENIX
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY ST FOUNDATION | £191k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| STRIDE FOUNDATION UK | £86k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WADDINGTON STREET CENTRE LIMITED | £310k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| BERRY STREET FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED | £851k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| STREETSCENE ADDICTION RECOVERY | £3.2m | — | — | below | — | no doubt |
| RECONNECTION | £36k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |