Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

WITH KIDS 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
Established: 32 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/06/17 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
Charitable activities £329,514 £395,280 £461,497 £567,915 £826,385 £998,770
Donations & Legacies £450,436 £308,230 £342,562 £381,067 £525,081
Other Income £7,293 £13,148 £49 £667
Investment Income £51 £29 £29 £87
Total income £715,106 £780,001 £703,539 £811,381 £962,217 £1,202,987 £1,524,518
Charitable activities spending £756,046 £718,614 £817,097 £853,394 £1,155,759 £1,474,707
Fundraising costs 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2%
Other spending £4,900
Total spending £722,377 £778,805 £734,345 £827,555 £860,071 £1,164,291 £1,498,166
Surplus/deficit -£7,271 £1,196 -£30,806 -£16,174 £102,146 £38,696 £26,352
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups

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£251,871
Henry Smith Charity£235,500
Foundation Scotland£51,280
Scottish Government£40,174
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Hearts Healthy Minds
£149,995 08/11/2022
This organisation will continue and expand their community mental health service offering play therapy to children aged 3-12 years who have experienced traumatic life circumstances and have complex ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to With Kids
£120,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Play Therapist and Family Worker at a project providing well being and mental health support for children and their families, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 17/09/2021
With Kids Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Play Therapy
£9,975 22/04/2021
This group will use the funding to provide one to one play therapy sessions to disadvantaged and vulnerable children in the North East of Glasgow.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Hearts Healthy Minds
£91,901 16/12/2020
24
This group will use the funding to increase the capacity of their community mental health service in the South West of Edinburgh offering play therapy to children aged 3–12 years in areas of ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to With Kids
£2,000 10/12/2020
To deliver an activity and food programme for vulnerable families across Dennistoun during the Easter School Break.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to With Kids
£115,500 13/11/2020
36
towards three years' salary of a Community and Family Support Worker at a project providing a range of mental health and support interventions to children and families in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.
Foundation Scotland - Children's mental health project
£45,000 25/09/2020
to contribute towards the salary costs of the play therapist, clinical supervision, resources and overheads.
Scottish Government - With Kids
£40,174 19/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to With Kids
£4,280 08/04/2020
To continue support services for vulnerable children and their families by virtual means and the provision of equipment, food and fuel cards.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Play Therapy Support
£30,000 27/11/2019
Play Therapy will be provided to children who have experienced abuse/are at an elevated risk of being abused in order to build their emotional/cognitive resources. Work with the parents/carers of the ....more
Robertson Trust - The With Kids Glasgow Centre Roof Repair
£5,000 30/06/2019
The With Kids Glasgow Centre Roof Repair
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/05/2019
With Kids Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Watch Wait and Wonder
£10,000 13/07/2018
12
This group will use the funding to pilot a play therapy programme with children aged between 10-30 months and their parents.
Women's Fund for Scotland - Delivering leadership training
£3,790 15/06/2018
2
to contribute towards the workshops, peer mentoring, conflict resolution and Fairshare membership parts of the budget for delivering leadership training.
National Lottery Community Fund - With Kids
£489,860 12/04/2017
36
This project is a development of the groups current activity and provides the following three strands intervention: i) an early intervention therapeutic service that supports vulnerable children and ....more
Robertson Trust - the salary costs of the East End Play Therapist (Glasgow)
£58,500 31/01/2017
the salary costs of the East End Play Therapist (Glasgow)
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - With Kids
£20,000 30/11/2016
This project will support abused children in a very deprived area of Glasgow. Using play therapy, children will be helped to understand their feelings, provide strategies to overcome their ....more
Robertson Trust - The development and delivery costs of the Masters Course in Play Therapy
£19,000 31/10/2015
The development and delivery costs of the Masters Course in Play Therapy
National Lottery Community Fund - Play Therapy Masters
£10,000 25/06/2015
12
This group will use the funding to develop materials which will be used to provide training in Play Therapy. Play Therapy enables children who are experiencing difficulties to explore their feelings. ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Big Issue Foundation Scotland
£71,100 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing Family Support Services to vulnerable young people in Glasgow
National Lottery Community Fund - With Kids Edinburgh Project
£1,475,136 11/12/2013
36
This project will support children in Glasgow and Edinburgh age 3 to 8 who experience social, emotional or cognitive issues caused by drug and alcohol issues in their family, chaotic parenting and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Big Issue Foundation Scotland
£71,100 13/06/2012
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the Family Support Service for vulnerable young people in Glasgow
National Lottery Community Fund - With Kids
£675,582 11/05/2011
50
The project based in the East End of Glasgow will provide an early intervention service for young children, aged 3 to 12 who have experienced significant trauma in their lives. The 3 year project ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Directors: 34-64
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC022467
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/2008, number: SC343897
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

15 Annfield Place, Glasgow, G31 2XE

Objectives

To provide, direct and make available: practical and emotional support to children and young persons who are affected by the disadvantages of physical, mental, psychological, personal or social deprivation and related behavioural problems or in other analogous circumstances for the purpose of helping, supporting, rehabilitating and educating such persons to overcome and eliminate such disadvantage and also to the parentslfamily of such children and young persons with a focus on the needs of such children and young persons

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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