Kensington House Trust

Analysis

Kensington House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02861280). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Kensington House Trust reported income of £228k and spending of £256k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £212k to £228k (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 506%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kensington House Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devon and Cornwall Food Action (£228k), Letchworth Foodbank (£228k) and Slough Foodbank (£228k).