K I N D

Registered charity 518985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as K.I.N.D., KIDS IN NEED AND DISTRESS, KIND

Teaching - Social Environmental Education DevelopmentLearning - Residential BreaksHelping - KIND Christmas AppealSupporting - Practical Help

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION) .

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £196,335 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. However, the trustees confirm that free spendable reserves of £1,615,719 remain, which they state are sufficient to cover running costs for the next three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~54.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathleen Mary Harrison
• Lilian Samata
• Moira Hartwell
• PAUL SCANLON
• Patricia Anne Brown
• Paul Henry Joseph Dixon

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BE KIND FOUNDATION.

• BE KIND FOUNDATION income £425k
• KINDRED SQUARED income £1.3m
• KEREN KLEI KODESH income £151k
• HELP IN NEED TODAY income £558k
• INSPIRING TEACHERS income £395k
• TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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