Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities

Analysis

Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton on Tees. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06424810). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities reported income of £16.1m and spending of £16.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13.5m to £16.1m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voiceability Advocacy (£15.9m), Ursuline Sisters Brentwood CIO (£16.3m) and Autism Unlimited Limited (£15.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68% and charitable activities 32%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13.6m. Reserves of £3.7m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.