Parentkind

Analysis

Parentkind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03680271). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parentkind reported income of £4.0m and spending of £5.0m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £4.0m (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 379%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Parentkind sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Lady of Sion School, Worthing (£4.0m), The Cavendish School Charitable Trust Limited (£4.0m) and Leicester High School Charitable Trust Limited (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, donations and legacies 36%, trading 14% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 26%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.0m. Reserves of £453k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.