Kids Inspire

Analysis

Kids Inspire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06380082). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Kids Inspire reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.6m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.4m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kids Inspire 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (£2.4m), Hamilton Lodge (Brighton) (£2.4m) and Highfield Priory School Limited (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, charitable activities 36%, trading 9.8% and investments 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,558. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £413k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.