Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

KIDZ AWARE

Kidz Aware is not-for-profit charity/ social enterprise with 3 core values at our heart: Equality; Inspiring; Embracing. We exist to ensure that all children and adults with a disability have the opportunities to achieve their aspirations in life.We deliver Information, Advice Guidance Mental Health and Wellbeing Family Support - Person centred planning/short and long-term and much more

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
30/04/23	*	£56	£49	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/22		£56	£49	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/21		£42	£36	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/20		£42	£36	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/19	*	£38	£33	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/18		£38	£33	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£54	£31	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£49	£37	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15		£55	£32	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£55	£32	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13?		£59	£42	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/03/12?		£27	£24	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11		£41	£34	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10		£39	£30	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09	*	£40	£31	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£77	£60	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.kidzaware.co.uk

info@kidzaware.co.uk

01924 376882

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Barnsley, City Of Wakefield, Leeds City, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£14,000
Sir George Martin Trust	£12,500
Co-Operative Group	£7,965
DCMS	£7,524
Leeds Community Foundation	£7,115
Nova Wakefield	£3,500
Cheshire Community Foundation	£1,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kidz Aware
£2,194	21/10/2023	We would like to empower children and their families to take control over their life situation. We will ensure that children experiencing mental health issues at any age can access care.
Nova Wakefield - Grant to Kidz Aware
£3,500	23/05/2023	We deliver the following services to families of a disabled child /disabled.· Information, Advice and Guidance Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness · Debt Advice/ ....more We deliver the following services to families of a disabled child /disabled.· Information, Advice and Guidance Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness · Debt Advice/ Benefit Entitlements · Attend PIP/ESA Appeals Signposting and Referrals · Family Support - person Centred planning/short and long-term support · Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Educational Training workshops plus much more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Kidz aware xmas emergency appeal
£1,800	09/12/2022	Kidz aware xmas emergency appeal
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kidz Aware
£2,500	28/02/2022	Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
National Lottery Community Fund - Addressing mental health
£7,000	11/02/2022	The funding will be used to deliver telephone and email support to parents of children with disabilities. The project aims to support the wellbeing of families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kidz Aware
£5,771	23/10/2021	We would like to provide one-to-one support to children and adults with mental health issues, as we have seen a massive increase since Covid-19 in self-harming and we want to address this.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Kidz Aware
£3,810	16/12/2020 6	Grant to Kidz Aware
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,524	29/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£3,305	24/04/2020	Grant to Kidz Aware
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices as one
£7,000	24/04/2020 12	The funding will be used to support the most vulnerable families suffering financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic and support for young children with mental health issues or disabilities. ....more The funding will be used to support the most vulnerable families suffering financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic and support for young children with mental health issues or disabilities. The project aims to prevent self harming amongst young people and reduce feelings of suicide made worse by the isolation effects of COVID-19.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kidz Aware
£5,000	28/06/2019	Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kidz Aware
£5,000	28/06/2019	Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards advocacy sessions for young disabled children
£1,000	14/07/2011	Towards advocacy sessions for young disabled children in West Yorkshire.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Training sessions for parents/carers
£2,000	22/02/2010	For training sessions for parents/carers of a disabled child to enable them to gain the necessary skills to be their child's advocate and access the right services for their child.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-60

AMANDA PAPE TAZIMAN Appointed: 2018

JULIE BROOKES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Admin

PAUL WALTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Sales Person

KAREN GILL L Appointed: 2019, Occupation: House Wife

MARY CHRISTINE METCALFE Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Special Needs Support

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/2007, number: 1118859
Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2006, number: 05726189

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR19: 52 days late, AR09: 73 days late,

Main office

Kidz Aware office 46/47
Sandbeds Trading Estate
OSSETT
West Yorkshire
WF5 9ND

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ABOUT DISABILITY AND EQUALITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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