Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

KICK LONDON 

Kick London's purpose is to transform young people's lives, with God's love, through sport and support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
Established: 20 years

www.kick.org.uk

office@kick.org.uk

07817519768

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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
30/09/22£1,527£1,514£13£15£810£62757010
30/09/21£1,525£1,218£308£7£798£5295.27910
30/09/20£1,296£1,109£187£8£490£4534.96910
30/09/19£978£929£49£10£302£3023.9515
30/09/18£720£671£49£8£254£2544.52310
30/09/17£603£507£96£8£205£2054.8180
30/09/16£416£353£63£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£250£230£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£226£210£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£218£231£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£267£265£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£206£203£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£230£285£-55£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£241£234£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£159£154£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£140£91£50£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£55£43£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£32£31£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£24£23£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 17.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 70 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Bishop Radford Trust£90,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Community Foundation for Surrey£16,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Kick London
£20,000 27/01/2023
Kick London's purpose is to transform young people's lives with God's love through football and other sports. Supporting expansion across the UK.
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Kick London
£20,000 07/11/2022
Kick London's purpose is to transform young people's lives with God's love through football and other sports. Supporting expansion across the UK.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 08/07/2022
KICK National Expansion Project
Community Foundation for Surrey - KICK Mentoring Provision & KICK Camp Provision at Sunbury Manor School
£10,000 10/08/2021
10
Funding for a long-term targeted mentoring provision for young people at a school in Spelthorne
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Kick London
£20,000 01/12/2020
Kick London's purpose is to transform young people's lives with God's love through football and other sports. This grant was to support them in their national rollout.
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Kick London
£10,000 03/04/2020
Kick London's purpose is to transform young people's lives with God's love through football and other sports. This grant was for suppor ttowards mental health programmes during COVID.
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Kick London
£20,000 14/10/2019
Kick London's purpose is to transform young people's lives with God's love through football and other sports. Bishop Radford Trust has supported the Kick Academies, mentoring and Kick camps.
Community Foundation for Surrey - School holiday sports club for in-need children in Spelthorne
£6,200 15/07/2019
12
Sports and activities for disadvantaged young people during school holidays.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/06/2019
Sports and Dance Mentoring Provision (DTLLS)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-78
  • MATTHEW KING (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2003, number: 1100072
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/2003, number: 04831571
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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Holy Trinity Church Centre
Sheen Park
SURREY
TW9 1UP

Objectives

THROUGH SPORT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) FOOTBALL IN LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM GENERALLY AND, AT THE TRUSTEES' DISCRETION, ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, TO: - ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PRIMARILY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE PROVISION OF A CHRISTIAN WITNESS TO YOUNG PEOPLE ANDHELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL (ESPECIALLY THE DISADVANTAGED AND MARGINALIZED) BY TRAINING IN LIFE SKILLS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLD-WIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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