Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE KIDSAID FOUNDATION

KidsAid is a child-centred charity. We support traumatised children through the delivery of long-term, evidence-based therapies. Our aim is to improve child mental health and empower families to thrive so that childhood trauma does not become a lifelong burden. The KidsAid Foundation (Charity Number: 1122047 ) was established in 2007. We have since become a CIO (1167852).

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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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	£399	£382	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22	£185	£258	£-73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21	£222	£148	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	£170	£136	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19	£120	£174	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18	£161	£142	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£123	£135	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.kidsaid.org.uk

info@kidsaid.org.uk

07471762737

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for young people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northamptonshire, Peterborough City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 volunteers

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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	£306,921
BBC Children in Need	£97,020
Northamptonshire Community Foundation	£16,403
Masonic Trust	£14,700
DCMS	£13,440

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - KidsAid Trauma Podcast
£2,563	17/07/2023	KidsAid Trauma Podcast
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapeutic Support Package for Disadvantaged Families
£247,132	27/04/2023	Funding will be used to deliver a therapeutic holistic support package for disadvantaged families throughout Northamptonshire. The programme will support primary school aged children with a history ....more Funding will be used to deliver a therapeutic holistic support package for disadvantaged families throughout Northamptonshire. The programme will support primary school aged children with a history of trauma(s) poor parent-child attachment and who are impacted by poverty as well as supporting their parents/carers.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to The KidsAid Foundation
£6,000	28/07/2022	To provide therapy sessions for mothers who are in most need of psychological and emotional support to help them overcome trauma caused by domestic violence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapy Play
£49,989	26/05/2022	The funding will be used to support families in Northamptonshire who have undergone trauma of some kind. KidsAid are a well-established and reputable Northamptonshire charity providing longer term ....more The funding will be used to support families in Northamptonshire who have undergone trauma of some kind. KidsAid are a well-established and reputable Northamptonshire charity providing longer term therapeutic support for children and young people who have suffered trauma. The organisation delivers creative therapies to children and young people aged 3-18 years across Northamptonshire and surrounding areas. They support young people who have experienced trauma such as family breakdown illness bereavement bullying domestic violence neglect and abuse and/or are struggling with mental health difficulties including anxiety depression and self-harm.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Creative Therapy to Support Deprived Families
£2,940	06/05/2022	42 sessions of creative psychotherapy
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Long Term Therapeutic Intervention for Children and Young People
£4,900	06/10/2021	During this past year of the pandemic, our service has been inundated with a surge of unfunded referrals, more than what we have ever experienced during our 14 years of operating. Currently, we have ....more During this past year of the pandemic, our service has been inundated with a surge of unfunded referrals, more than what we have ever experienced during our 14 years of operating. Currently, we have 14 children and young people on our waiting list, who are not able to start their sessions with us as we do not have the amount of funding available to support them effectively with long term intervention, which due to the complexity of their needs has been recommended by our Clinical Lead.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Provision for Children and Young People
£9,800	27/08/2021	The project will use its funding to deliver age-appropriate therapy intervention to children and young people who are currently on a waiting list to access support for their mental health. The ....more The project will use its funding to deliver age-appropriate therapy intervention to children and young people who are currently on a waiting list to access support for their mental health. The project aims to equip the children/young people with healthy coping strategies enabling them to move forwards with their lives.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£13,440	03/07/2020	"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."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to KidsAid Foundation
£97,020	24/04/2020 36	This project is to fund therapists who will provide Creative Arts Therapy sessions for children and young people across Northamptonshire and enable children and young people to be more resilient, ....more This project is to fund therapists who will provide Creative Arts Therapy sessions for children and young people across Northamptonshire and enable children and young people to be more resilient, have improved mental wellbeing and better relationships.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£14,700	23/07/2019	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Group Therapy
£6,240	26/04/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver creative therapy sessions to young people. The project aims to support children through trauma and increase health and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

DAVID ROBERTSON Appointed: 2023

NICK SCOTT Appointed: 2023

RACHEL BEECH Appointed: 2024

ANTHONY BATES (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

DUNCAN JOHN MCALPINE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE SPRING CHARITY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2016, number: 1167852

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
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

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

The KidsAid Foundation
Doddridge Centre
109 St. James Road
NORTHAMPTON
NN5 5LD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD EVENTS THAT HAVE IMPACTED ON THEIR EMOTIONAL AND/OR MENTAL WELFARE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE THERAPIES

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