Boomerang Kids

Analysis

Boomerang Kids is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in March 2003, 23 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 04451272). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Boomerang Kids reported income of £1.1m and spending of £947k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £781k to £1.1m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Boomerang Kids sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ayscoughfee Hall School Limited (£1.1m), The Howard League for Penal Reform (Incorporating the Howard Centre for Penology) (£1.1m) and The Social Market Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.