Free Kicks Foundation

Analysis

Free Kicks Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Free Kicks Foundation reported income of £73k and spending of £81k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £73k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Free Kicks Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bradley and Katherine Wickens Foundation (£73k), The Head on in Kids Club (£74k) and Princess Frederica School Parent Staff Association (£73k).

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.