Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

KITH AND KIDS

Support for families with one or more members who have a learning disability or autism. We provide social development projects during the main school holidays and at weekends as well as a summer camp. Throughout the year we run a friendship scheme, healthy activity sessions, a life and employment skills project for young adults, and a support/information service for parents/siblings.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£617£556£61£16£266£1793.910200
31/03/23£536£543£-7£20£205£1733.811200
31/03/22*£424£447£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£523£441£82£31£235£1233.49125
31/03/20?£511£530£-19£40£153£861.99250
31/03/18£472£460£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£502£540£-39£38£153£1002.290
31/03/16£489£502£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£492£480£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£447£427£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£474£517£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£481£500£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£502£473£30£87£236£1884.890
31/03/10£493£495£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£437£444£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£414£403£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£471£439£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£401£387£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£380£356£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£342£334£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.kithandkids.org.uk

projects@kithandkids.org.uk

02088017432

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
  • Sports and activity based therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kith & Kids
£2,874 23/10/2021
We would like to provide activities, such as dance, yoga, art, drama and a choir, to support the mental and physical health of young people with autism and learning disabilities.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kith and Kids
£40,000 29/04/2021
Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kith & Kids
£7,099 15/11/2019
We want to raise £4,500 for activity costs (music, art, drama) for our weekend clubs for young people with autism or learning disabilities.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kith and Kids
£40,000 11/03/2019
24
Core funding
Three Guineas Trust - Replication of its model
£63,420 18/10/2017
Towards testing replication of its model for meeting the social, leisure, health, work training and respite needs of disabled adults with autism/ASD in north London.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kith and Kids
£40,000 24/03/2017
24
Core funding
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kith & Kids
£126,000 22/09/2016
36
£126,000 over three years (£41,000, £42,000, £43,000) for the full-time salary of an Adult Services Coordinator, together with associated project running costs.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Kith & Kids
£60,000 14/08/2015
24
over two years towards the salary of a volunteer co-ordinator at an organisation delivering support services and activities to people with learning disabilities across North London
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kith and Kids
£40,000 08/05/2015
24
Core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Social development, friendship and healthy living
£277,013 19/09/2012
36
Kith and Kids aims to provide better social inclusion for children and young adults with profound learning disabilities and/or autism in North London. It offers service users the opportunity to develop new life skills outside and beyond school and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-90
  • ANNE TICKELL Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Publishing
  • CHRISTIAAN VAN EEDEN Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID GRUNBERG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
  • JANE ELIZABETH CONNOR Appointed: 2023
  • LYNNE BROOKE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MAURICE COLLINS Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Director
  • PETER MAURICE GODFREY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • VENESSA JANE ILLICH, Occupation: Para-Legal
  • VICTORIA CHASE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Digital Copywriter
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2000, number: 1080972
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/2000, number: 03959694
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 142 days late, AR13: 41 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR05: 89 days late,
Main office

KITH & KIDS
THE IRISH CENTRE
PRETORIA ROAD
LONDON
N17 8DX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BY ASSISTING THEIR INTEGRATION AND ACCEPTANCE INTO THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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