Kids Against Plastic

Analysis

Kids Against Plastic is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kids Against Plastic reported income of £16k and spending of £33k, spending 205% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £16k (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 260%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Kids Against Plastic sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reigate Public Baths (£16k), Herne Bay Masonic Centre Benevolent Trust (£16k) and The Friends of Barkway Parish Church (£16k).