Ykids Ltd

Analysis

Ykids Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07150747). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ykids Ltd reported income of £633k and spending of £687k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £546k to £633k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ykids Ltd sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cor Lumen Christi Trust (£632k), Guidance Hub (£633k) and The Gate Reading (£631k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, trading 24% and donations and legacies 14%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 15 people.

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.