Kaleidoscope Childcare

Analysis

Kaleidoscope Childcare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Kaleidoscope Childcare reported income of £282k and spending of £272k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £132k to £282k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kaleidoscope Childcare sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nantwich Agricultural Society Limited (£282k), Y Services for Young People (£282k) and River Meadow (£282k).