The Kay Williams Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Kay Williams Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kay Williams Charitable Foundation reported income of £17k and spending of £118k, spending 704% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £17k to £17k (-0.5%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 342% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Kay Williams Charitable Foundation sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancashire County Nursing Trust (£17k), Edward Carpenter Community Trust (£17k) and Amparai District Vipulananda Rehabilitation Organisation (£17k).

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.