Kids in Kailahun

Analysis

Kids in Kailahun is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kids in Kailahun reported income of £14k and spending of £25k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £30k to £14k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Kids in Kailahun sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Senlac St Leonards Samaritan Fund (£14k), Stannington Mixed Choir (£14k) and London Tamil Christian Congregation (£14k).

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.