I think you stand a chance.
The first thing you need to do is establish, to the satisfaction of a civil court, the child did it.
At 14, the child can be convicted of the offence in the criminal court.
Rightly or wrongly, civil courts do not accept a criminal conviction as automatic proof, I imagine because the criminal conviction may be a miscarriage of justice.
But it is regarded as very strong support.
Going back to the criminal court, there are increasing moves to hold parents responsible for the actions of their children, so that general thrust is in your favour.
Another possibility is the youth court could make a compensation order in favour of the victim.
Because of reporting restrictions, I'm rarely in youth courts, so can't say I've seen it done, but I think it can be.
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Children & criminal damage 
Children & criminal damage 