The Kathleen Smith Foundation

Analysis

The Kathleen Smith Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2026, The Kathleen Smith Foundation reported income of £119k and spending of £159k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £51k to £119k (+132%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Kathleen Smith Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include W Wing Yip and Brothers Foundation (£119k), Downend Folk House Association (£119k) and Age UK London (£119k).

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.