Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

KAMELIA KIDS 

Provision of specialist, high quality child care, education and support to include children with special and additional needs due to sickness, physical or mental disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances and with a view to improving their conditions of life and to provide support to their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Established: 10 years

www.kameliakids.org.uk

accounts@kameliakids.org.uk

01903504077

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£1,054£926£128£2£649£6408.3450
31/12/21£857£704£153£13£521£4958.4350
31/12/20£574£605£-31£10£368£3376.7290
31/12/19£586£578£8£13£399£3517.3310
31/12/18£487£550£-62£0£0£0n/a01
31/12/17£578£473£105£9£454£42310.7260
31/12/16£401£441£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£307£378£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£191£315£-125£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 45 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£31,000
Henry Smith Charity£20,000
Co-Operative Group£10,245
National Lottery Community Fund£9,721
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£2,995 21/10/2023
We aim to buy resources and equipment and set up a community garden for children attending Kamelia Kids, where they will learn and develop new skills in a more natural environment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£1,884 22/10/2022
We'd like to give children an opportunity to plant, tend and harvest their own food, helping them learn first-hand where vegetables come from and how to care for living things.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£1,000 15/12/2021
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Kamelia Kids Day Nursery & Beach School
£4,511 16/07/2021
12
Funding was provided towards running costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£20,000 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing pre-school care for children with learning difficulties, complex needs and life-limiting conditions in West Sussex.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£5,367 24/10/2020
We aim to buy a state-of-the-art 'magic carpet' projection system to help children with special needs learn, play and communicate.
National Lottery Community Fund - Magic Carpet
£9,721 05/09/2019
12
Magic Carpet
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Camelia Botnar Children's Centre
£30,000 08/08/2019
36
This project will provide support at nursery sessions for learning disabled young children. The support will help them manage their emotions, improve their communication skills and become more ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Kamelia Kids Day Nursery & Beach School
£4,039 05/07/2019
4
Funding was provided for three outdoor classroom spaces.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/12/2018
Special Education Needs and Disability Support and Education
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£19,500 12/12/2018
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing pre-school care to children with learning difficulties, complex needs and life-limiting conditions in West Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Updating wifi/computer technology for children with additional needs
£9,895 15/11/2017
12
This project will upgrade IT facilities to improve the efficiency of the day care service for pupils with complex needs and disabilities, and their families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Camelia Botnar Children's Centre working name of Kamelia Kids Day Nursery
£3,600 04/08/2017
A soft play area will hugely benefit children with social, communication & behavioural difficulty & complex medical life-limiting conditions
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Kamelia Kids Day Nursery
£3,535 14/07/2017
3
Kamelia Kids provides a caring, nurturing, integrated nursery environment for all local children, including those with additional needs. Funding was provided towards the cost of setting up a Beach ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 31/05/2017
Core Costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kamelia Kids
£20,000 10/03/2016
24
towards two years' running costs of a project in East Sussex providing pre-school care to children with learning difficulties, complex needs and life-limiting conditions
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/12/2013, number: 1154939
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

KAMELIA KIDS DAY NURSERY
WELLESLEY AVENUE
GORING-BY-SEA
WORTHING
BN12 4PN

Objectives

TO SUPPORT ALL CHILDREN PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH SPECIAL AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS DUE TO SICKNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, HELP AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, TO ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATIONAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND OTHER OUTCOMES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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