Factcheck Q&A: Kids Company

Urban Farm DB summary

A fact-check on Kids Company, the charity founded in 1996 that operated in London and Bristol. It claimed to reach 36,000 children by 2015 and had received £46 million of public money over fifteen years — £44 million from central government, £28 million of that from the Department for Education. Its 2013 annual income was £23 million, 20 per cent from government and 77 per cent from private donations. The piece notes that government oversight relied on the charity's own self-assessments, with no independent verification of outcomes or beneficiary numbers.

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• 36,000 children

  children claimed reached(kids company reach)

  Social

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  2015

  method

  figure claimed by the charity itself, not independently verified

• 20 %

  government share of income(kids company income)

  EconomicsControl: 77 per cent from private donations

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  2013

  method

  share of £23m annual income coming from government

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