Valleys Kids

Analysis

Valleys Kids is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03717865). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Valleys Kids reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.4m (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Valleys Kids sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music Camp Trust (£1.4m), Groundwork Northamptonshire (£1.4m) and Manchester Junior Girls School (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, trading 19%, donations and legacies 12% and investments 3.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. It employed 44 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.