John Kobal Foundation

Analysis

John Kobal Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in September 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02743893). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, John Kobal Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £24k, spending 211% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £411k to £11k (-97%), an average of -59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, John Kobal Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The English Goethe Society (1886-) (£11k), Basingstoke Male Voice Choir (£11k) and Tamar Protection Society (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.