Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

KIDZ KONNEKT 

Kidz Konnekt acts as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 living in the North of England by providing advice and assistance and organizing programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:a) Advancing in life and helping young people .b) Advancing education,c) Relieving unemployment,d) Providing recreational and leisure time activity
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 14 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£212£277£-65n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£359£349£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£291£212£79n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£211£245£-34n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£143£146£-4n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£141£166£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£194£175£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£136£111£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£100£136£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£105£99£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£116£97£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£97£95£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
National Lottery Community Fund£150,000
BBC Children in Need£33,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£19,500
Sport England£7,968
DCMS£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kidz Konnekt
£180,000 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for children and young people from disadvantaged communities in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-Konnekt
£150,000 19/10/2022
This funding will support Kidz Konnect to deliver the Re-Konnect project across South Bank Grangetown and Great Easton areas of Tees Valley offering a wide range of Children and Young People's Youth ....more
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Fitness through Fun
£7,968 14/09/2022
This project will run 2 free weekly sessions at the local centre offering a 2 hour session for 7 – 11 year olds and another 2 hour session for 11 - 16 year olds including Archery, Basketball, ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kidz Konnekt
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund increased staff hours, tablets and resources to support virtual youth club sessions for children and young people affected by poverty, ensuring they develop ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kidz Konnekt
£30,000 08/08/2019
36
This project will deliver afterschool youth activities and summer activities and trips for young people living in the deprived area of South Bank. The activities will result in children feeling ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Kidz Konnekt
£19,500 16/07/2019
refurbishment of a youth centre and accessability works for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in North Yorkshire
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Kidz Konnekt
£45,000 01/03/2019
36
Capital costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kidz Konnekt
£274,998 21/02/2019
36
Kidz Konnekt
National Lottery Community Fund - Kidz Konnekt: Moving Forward
£318,760 18/11/2015
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This project aims at improving the mental health, confidence and skills of people aged eight to 25 and reduce risk-taking and antisocial behaviour. Kidz Konnekt currently operates in South Bank, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Kidz Konnekt
£15,000 28/06/2013
This is a children and young peoples organisation working across Redcar and Cleveland in areas with significant levels of deprivation delivering a range of services and activities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-68
  • NIGEL HORNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Owner
  • EMMA LONSDALE (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Children'S Public Health Partnership Manager, Other trusteeship: ABBIES LOVE,
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/10/2010, number: 1138691
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/08/2009, number: 06993614
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
  • 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
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BLAZE on 20/03/2023
Main office

Eston Leisure Centre
Normanby Road
MIDDLESBROUGH
Cleveland
TS6 9AE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGE 8 (EIGHT) YEARS UP TO THE AGE OF 25 (TWENTY-FIVE) YEARS OF AGE LIVING IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIESAND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE ANDRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. (THE OBJECTS)

Defined Area of Benefit:

REDCAR AND CLEVELAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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