KIDS
Registered charity 275936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The purpose of KIDS is to enable disabled children and young people, along with their families, to enjoy their lives, in particular we assist disabled children and young people to develop their skills and abilities and to fulfil their potential, hopes and aspirations. Our services include Home Learning, Key Working, Play and Leisure, Short Breaks, Transitions and Sibling and Young Carer Support.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £205,422 in unrestricted funds, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £4.334 million. This level of reserves equates to 121 days of expenditure, which meets the charity's stated policy target of a minimum of 90 days. The charity maintains strong financial management with net current assets of £3.85 million.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 90 days minimum, 120 days target (held: £4.3m)
“updated the minimum level of unrestricted reserves to 90 days of anticipated expenditure (£2.286 million for the year ending 31 March 2025) with a target level of 120 days”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: KidsTrading Company Limited
“KidsTrading Company Limited, is a dormant company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — KIDS (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Claire Coussins — Executive Director – Strategy, Partnerships & Advocacy (source)
- Katie Ghose — Chief Executive (source)
- Helen Ellis — Chief Operating Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Digital Services Consortium — “The Digital Services Consortium has launched a new programme to tackle digital disadvantage and empower over 20,000 disabled children, young…” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- AYOOLA, Janet Modupeola Abike — director, appointed 08/07/2026on trustee list
- BLUCK, Marcia Elaine — director, appointed 08/07/2026on trustee list
- BEEVERS, Robert Michael — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
- ANDERSON, James — director, appointed 22/06/2026not on trustee list
- DEL VALLE PIPOLI, Luciana — director, appointed 23/03/2026not on trustee list
- CANNY, Elizabeth — director, appointed 23/03/2026on trustee list
- DEVLIN, Mark — director, appointed 30/01/2026on trustee list
- WILSON, Richard William — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
- CHRISTMAS, Jamie Graham — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
- LUND, Georgina Katherine — director, appointed 11/01/2023on trustee list
- WILLCOCKS, Sara May — director, appointed 11/01/2023on trustee list
- MARKS-WOLDMAN, Olivia — director, appointed 05/10/2022not on trustee list
- BOWERMAN, Samantha Clare — director, appointed 21/11/2017on trustee list
- CLARKE, Steven Charles — director, appointed 01/10/2017on trustee list
- GHOSE, Katie Sushila Ratna — secretary, appointed 04/11/2019
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Kids — Registered, 9 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/07/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£616k
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Mark Devlinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Elizabeth Canny
- Georgina Katherine Lund
- James Andreson
- Jamie Christmas
- Janet Ayoola · trustee of 1 other charity
- Luciana Del Valle Pipoli
- Marcia Bluck
- Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE
- Richard Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robert Michael Beevers
- Samantha Clare Bowerman
- Sara May Willcocks
- Steven Clarke
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is KIDS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £205,422 in unrestricted funds, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £4.334 million. This level of reserves equates to 121 days of expenditure, which meets the charity's stated policy target of a minimum of 90 days. The charity maintains strong financial management with net current assets of £3.85 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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