Overall GiG Score: -1 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +3

KICK4LIFE 

Kick4Life uses the power of sport to transform the lives of orphans and vulnerable children and young people in Lesotho. This includes health education and HIV prevention, voluntary HIV testing, life-skills development, mentoring and support towards education & employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 18 years

www.kick4life.org

steve@kick4life.org

07710999169

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£158£175£-18n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£432£190£241n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£339£274£65n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£250£223£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£271£189£82£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£199£243£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£400£306£94£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£326£313£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£185£175£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£189£161£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£206£134£72£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£201£157£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£182£160£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£76£72£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£44£31£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£36£32£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 44%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lesotho,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Comic Relief - Covid19 Emergency Funding
£62,500 26/05/2020
COVID19 - Kick4Life are seeking funding to contribute to the core costs of both the UK entity and the Lesotho based partner - as well as covid19 related response work.
Comic Relief - Good Health & Wellbeing through Sport
£75,000 24/01/2018
24
Kick 4 LIfe are looking to run a 14-session football curriculum that addresses: mental health, HIV education, gender inequality, nutrition, and employability. This is delivered in partner schools ....more
Comic Relief - Goal4Life
£101,500 27/05/2015
24
Lesotho has the world’s second highest HIV prevalence at 23.2%. Whilst the Ministry of Health run health clinics and provide a basic level of service to those affected by HIV, Kick4Life is the only ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/11/2005, number: 1112133
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR07: 18 days late,
Main office

16 Park Avenue
Little Paxton
St. Neots
PE19 6PB

Objectives

(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP, AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND/OR MATERIAL ASSISTANCE OF THOSE IN NEED AND BY THE COLLECTION, COLLATION AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION OF RELATED INFORMATION.(II) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO ISSUES SURROUNDING HIV/AIDS, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVISE TO THOSE AT RISK OR WHO ARE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE EFFECTED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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