CP•rity r8gthafK>n rwmbÈr. 1193680 Kids In Action CIO forth• Y•or Ended 31 MArth 2025 WESTCOTTS MA*¥•iiit* AC¢gUt•TAWTI Klds In Aetlon CIO Contents (Gontlnuod) Reference and Admlnl8tralve 0gtsi18 Trustees, Report 2to5 In¢Jependent Ex•minees Report Statèmént of Flnanclal Advltl86 8alarKe Shoel Notss to ￿ Flnanckgl Stsloments gto20 Klds In A¢tlon CIO R•for•nc• and Admln16tratlve Detalls Charlfy R•gl•tratlon Nwnbw 1193660 Prln¢lp41 Offlc• Unll 26 A￿X Busln988 Contr• Boscombe Road Dun8tsble Bedford8 LU54S8 knd•p•nd•nt Ex•rnln•r W8Stcotts ISWI LLP Plym Hou$& 3 Longbridge Road Mar8h Mllls Hyrn￿th Oevon PL6 8LT Tru•tws Mr P BOWen￿am98 Mr M Jordan Mrn J 8aard N Phllpott {Ap￿Inted 1 May 2023) Miss M Cagp•r Pag8 1 Klds In Acllon CIO Trustoos, Report The trustees Present tho anThJal report togethor wth lh& Ilnandal $tatsm8nts ofth& eharlty ￿ thé ￿r ended 31 MAr¢h 2025. ObJ*etlve• 4nd actMtI•g Objécts and •ims Kid8 in Action's oble¢Uv•s: To provlde suppryi and ￿cIal opp)rtunltkn• fe< thlk4r?n and young Adults wlth Bpedal ￿ed8 and dlÈabilitie6 along wlth an 0xtend￿ support no￿￿rk to th8iT lamlllè8 to hglp Ov9r￿m9 wclal isolation, leading to more Bctlve stimulated. happl•r and fullar Ilv•s. At Klds In Actlon. wo welcome a ranga of dlsabi111188 inckjdlng.. Autlsdc Sp8ctrum Dlsor-der., Down8 Syndromo; bohavityjral. omollonal. and s¢)Glal dlfficultl88,' muf(ks8nsory Impglrm8nl- physical di$ability', profound and muttipl• l?amlng dSffl¢uttleg'. $￿eth, langu8ge, and communlcallon neèdB,' vlsual Impalrmtrnl and moro. "Our ml$$lon 16 to brl¢Yd hoy 8nd posltlvlty to chlldrèn •nd adults wth spedal M•dx In a ¥afe and nonjudg8m6nthl en￿rOnMent, r8ductng18olallon lonelln¢s8' Obl•celv••. *tr•t•91•$ and •ctlvlti Thè Cont￿ is a 15k squarg fv81 warohouie vthlch has tjeen transformed into a gbant youth club wherè we allow our mernbws and their famdies thè opportunity lo mo01 and make new friends in a non-lud9em•ntal onvlronfflent. 11 a180 glve5 the p8ronls a chance to shar8 slovrieslprobl8ms wlth othor parent$l¢arers In a simllor powtion, crealln9 8 good 8UPPOrt nal-work 88 parersts ean ba vgry18018ted. In Addltion to our clubs, Irfpg Out arè oryanisod %*hSch have kncluded the ￿nI0. annual prom, th8rn• parks, È¥aslao, zoo, b￿lIng and rnony rncAo. KklB in Athon h?s been p￿￿dIng BpecialJ8t holldayj at affordabb prldng for many ye•rg and ¢urTently own6 onè coravan locatgd on a Hav8n 8ltè In Calster-on.S*o abng ￿th two fully accesslbl8 holiday home6 kn Comwall. In addllkjn. wo opernle • bu¥y chartty Shop in L¢)oe, Comwall whith hdwJ the financos of the charfty. Atlw a NICEIC p•rfodk in8P•Cticffl, we VAII be updthg dSstrlbulktn boards n•xt y•or. A d888room IÈ to bo mad• for the EOTAS chlklrgn to do t￿11 8tu¢tyng In, this Y• g¢ing to be cmlèd from a room that IS currently baln9 u8ed a8 a 8tornroLyn. Publ16 bonwfft The charlty is a publlc ben￿1 enlty vthosé actlvltles bjok to provlde a h8v8n for all w￿h $peciJl needs. The trustees confirm that Ihey ¢omplied with thg requlromants of Section 17 of the Charfties A 2011 to hawo du8 regard to tho pubthc ben•fit guklaneo published by lh• c￿rrty Commlgslon fty Englend and Wales. Pao8 2 Kids In Action CIO Trustees. Report (contlnuod} A¢hl•¥•mènts and p•rform•nc• During the year, we 8chleved m8ny ¥ucL*$8gs and will Con￿nUe to sldvg 10 5UPPryt tho89 who rgqulrg th8 B4Ni¢8s of in A¢bon. Some ofth• I￿table achi8v8m8nts In the year includa.. Completaé reftKbishm•nt to our r8eèpOon, croatlng more 6pace for wheekhalr users. Updated exi81in9 10118ts and installed 2 addltlonal toilets In the previou¥ baby ¢h8ng8 IkSlch8n. Our Roiaract club took part in hmo campaigns during Ihe year., they coll8Ctad toll8tri&5 and had them dèllvered lo Ukraine and collected coals for Ihg Winter Coal Appeal (Wrap UP UK) for chlldren and adults. Th• l•am also held ￿ndraIsIng events Includlng a Sponsored w81k and blngo. . We provided much needed hor1da￿ to 46 18milies wrth 8 child or adult with 8P•Gial n8•d$. . The youth clth) is Increasing wllh on average 4￿ new rn8mberB Jolnlng each month. . Monday dub is going from strgnglh to Strength wlth ov•r 45 mernb8rs joining In actlvilies each week. W•dngsd8y Drop In Is ono of our bu¥lesl dubs recAYd numb•r of Mèmb￿ Attandlng, wlth on• week r¢a¢hlnq 62 plu8 car8r8. Friday drop4n h88 now become 88tabll$hgd and 18 growkn4 kn numb•r5 wNh 25 m&mbsrs plus attendlng 88ch wegk. . Conlinued relationship bulLdiro ￿th lo￿1 companies, communlty. Bchool8 and other charlty groups. . Woddng with locèl schools to provide 8 saf8 5pg¢e lor ¢hildTen with an EOTAS pgrkgge to conllnu• wlth education along wllh olh•r home-schooling groups. A successful applieallon lo the Nallonal Sottery confirmed wllh a furth•r 3 y88r8 funding equating to £450,648 for the duraikJn of tho projocl lo support stsffing. . PAUI 80wen￿8rn88 CEO wgs chosen as kjcal hero from 8 lo￿1 wmpany and wa¥ awardod vAth G¢rtificate. KNJS In Actlon has a very strong laam of long $ervlng Btaff both gmplwod and voluntary who ￿8Y vitsl part In keeplng our $8Jvltè$ and clubs runnlng smoothly. Wg a hav8 2 addrtlonal part time stsff Mem￿r5 one dedlcated to a¢￿unt5 and th8 0th8r to Ick)klng after booking holid8yS. Another su¢¢eB8 for one ol our new volunteers ts Ihat hg was a momb•r uslng our ￿rvIce0 8nd altonding club. He now works In the corf8e shop on a Saturday helplng washlng up elc he had never had a lob befor¢ and another volunteer bvho has b&com& vttry valuable is Eilish who join8d as a Duke of Edlnburgh volLbnto•r and becau60 of h&r vJt8tandlng work ar¥J cornmllm•nt has b￿rne a pald memb¥r ol stslf. Pago 3 Kids In Action CIO Trustoos. Roport {contlnued) T•itimonlal from a Hom•schoollng Group Usln9 th• C•ntr•: In Action prowde an eXcep￿0nd1 spacè for our group ol home educating families to meal. Thè v¢nue truly offers everything a child could dre8m of. From Ihe vibranl play ar&a3 to the Bnga9Sn9 activitiÈs, ev8ry 8spect of Ihe Space Is designad wlth chiklr8n In rnlnd. 8nsurfng they have a wond•rful and memorable axperfènc$. The staff have begn In¢re¢Jlbly 8UPPOrt￿8 and welcomlng. makbng every a delight. Th&lr dedirats'on lo creating a sala and joyful envlronmant is evldernl in every detail. and we are gr8t9fv1 for thglr ongoiryd eflorts. Mowver, this venue ho3 become a crucial basè frjr our social meets, fosterlng a sènso ol wmmunlty among th8 ChI￿r￿n and their lam1118s. It k a place *there frfendshlpa blo880rn Bnd Mem￿1&8 ar& made. Th8nk you Klds in AclK)n for wjur g•norosity 8né for providing a magkol ￿4¢e for OUT chlljren to play, Igarn, and grow togeth￿. We look forward lo many mora m6818. Wllh slncare apprpc5allon, Charlene Jaentilal HEAART Home Educath)n Adventures 8nd R•er8alional Trlps T•stlmonlal from the Par•nt of a Chlld that Att•nd# Kld• In Actlon: Sinc8 Joinln9 Kld¥ in AL'tlon, Aabld h86 9fLwn In confidence. Durlng the Ilr81 kn¥ vlslls. my son would 81t th8 comar of the hall arèa on ihe sofa gnd wateh 811 the olhef children. rKx8sionally gettlng UP to us8 lh8 tollgl. The steff wer8 very attentive and yory quld(ly 1•8ml that Aabld lovos thé mu6lc and en￿Yed Ilstenlng to tho range ol songs thé luke btsx wh8n othèr chSldron 8elaeted them. Over the last faw woekB, Aabid has bogn expknrlng the e8ntr8 more and has spent sorne time in lh• sen60ry room and the soft play. Aa￿'d absolutely lova$ the dlsco. e9pacislly the song 'Dlsturbia' by Rihanna whlch mak•8 hlm smlle and very happy and he do•y s8ern lo enloy lh• mus1¢ and th• n8oryldi8co Ilghts. Flnanclal r•vlow The result5 for tht finandal ytsr docum8nt•d throu￿OUl tho flnAnc4al stslement8 with Iho st8￿M*￿t ol Flnaneial Statements on page 8 and the 8alan¢e Shoet on Page 9. In the yaar end8d 31 MBrch 2025 the charitys total Incom• was £442,789 &TrJ th& ￿tal gxpendMur8 W99 £485,297. This resutted In a total d¢fich for IfLÉt fii)*)(aal y¥41 v1£42.508. Policy on r•$•rv•s The trust0è5 rgview the lovol ol r•s8rves perlodlcalty to ensure th￿ the Charfty18 abl8 to b8 managed effielèn￿Y and io provide a buttor lor uninlerrupted services. It is thelr CUTf8nt pollcy to achlèv• ur)r88tn'cted (fre81 r8S9rve funds al a level whkh covors a minimum of threa month8 expendmure. Thls is cuThenlly ￿1￿9 achieved. Howevgr. much ol Ihe increase r¢late8 to Nalional Lottery FundiNJ whlch Is a 5 y8ar grBnt and Ihereforo no additional Incorne will be receivpd lo cover the expenditure. Pago 4 Klds In Action CIO Trusteos. Rèport (continu•d} strutture. gtsv•rnane• artd manag•m•nt Ma￿ra of gov•rnlng doeum•nr The Charfty was set up by a tru8t dood dalo 24 Fobruary 2021 and IB f8glst8r8d wtth tha Charfty Commisslon for England and Wab8. R•cYulthJ•nt 4nd appolnlvn•ntol trustees Trust8e8 ere appolnlad by Iha BoBrd of Tru3t&es aThJ Lxinflrrred. 8taloment of Trustses. R•spon$lblllt59• The truslees are rasponslble lor pr8parfn9 the trustees, report and thè flnandd gtatgmgnti In aocordanc& wrth the United ￿ngdorn Accounbng Standards Iunltgd Kingdom Generolly Accept•d ACCOUn￿n9 Prgellre) and applicable law and ragu18tion8. The law 8pplic&ble lo charilk8s requwes the trust￿$ lo ￿par• financial slaièments for each finandal year whlch glv¢ a Iruo and fair vlew of the st010 of affairs of thè chÈrity and of the Incoming resour¢e$ and application ol resourcès of th8 ch8rily lor that p8rSod. In praparlng Ih$8e financlal statements. th• trusle98 are requlrod to.. sele¢1 sultable accounllng polielès 8nd then apply tham con818tenlly. obseNe Ihe m8thods and princlples In the Charlliès SOAP.. mak&ludggm*nts and e8llmales that arè r88sonablè and PTudent', stat• whglher Appli¢ablo a¢￿u￿tIng 818ndards hgvè boon followed. subject lo any mglorfal dep8rtures diselosad 8nd explained in the finandal $tot•mènl$', and preparo th6 financlal stslernent8 on the going concern ba&lB unles8 It Is Inapprcyrlats to presum8 that Ihg tharty wlll contlnuè In bu¥lness. The trustees are respon51bb lor kee￿n9 proper accountlng record5 Ihal disclosè witt rgasonable accuracy at any Urne the finaneial posi￿.0￿ of the charlty and •n8bl* them to ensurg that the finanei81 tatemenis comply ￿th the Charities Act 2011, the Chadtles (Accounts and Roport$l Reguletions 2008. and Iho provisions ol tho ronslrtutlon. The tNstee$ are alBO responsible for safèguarding the a98ets ol thè charity and henco for iaklng r•asonablo 5tep8 for the prèvèntk&n ond detection of frayd ond other lre•gUlarf￿O$. The tru8tees ar• r8spon8ble lor th• maintenance and Integrity of thè rorporate and flnanelal informallon Sncluded on th• charitable companvs w¢b$ttg. Legislation gov•mlng tho preparailon and dlsseminatlDn of financial ststements may differ from189iglaliDn in oth8r jurf8di¢Uon6. The annual report W88 approved by th• Iru$lee8 of Ihg cha￿ty on b8haW by.. and slgnad on Its Mr P Bowen￿0￿6 Trustgg Page 5 Kids In Action CIO Ind?pondont Examlnerfs Report to the trustees of Klds In Acllon CIO I report to thé trustees on rny exwnlnation ol the de￿Unts of Kid8 In Acts'on CIO for the year ended 31 March 2025. R••pon•lblllll•s •nd basls ol r•p¢ A8 lh8 ch8rtty trustees of Kl¢Js In AGtlon CIO you are re6pon8ible for th• Pf•pargllon of lh• oi#x)unts In a￿Ordance with the requlrernents of Ihe Charf￿es Act 2011 I'tha Act,). I report In respect of my examination of tha Kids ln Adon CIO'S accounts earrtad oul undw 88don 145 of th• 2011 Act and In c8tyng out my •xarnlnath)n 1 have followed all the applicable D1￿CtIOnS givgn by the Chorlty Commlsslon under a8don 14515Xb} of tha kl. knd8p•ndenl examIn•￿8 Jtat•m•nt Slnce lad8 In Adon Clo'g gro8s Incorne •xc••ded £250,000 yovr •xamln8r rnu8t b• a m•mbor ol body IIBtèd In Bocuon 145 uf the 2011 Act. l confirm that l am 4ualm8d to undertake Ihfj eXamIna￿On bocaus• l am a mèrnber ofACCA, whlch16 one4 ol the Ilsled bodla$, I havé compL8ted my exarninat*)n. I confinn Ihgt no matwlal m8iter¥ have come to rny attonllon In conneetlon wSth th• ¢x8min4tson giving me caus8 to belleve that in any mat*rial rgsp¢rt-. 1. accL)untlThJ r8cord8 w8re not kept In raspect of l