The Kathleen Trust

Analysis

The Kathleen Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kathleen Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £56k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £31k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 1131%. Over the whole period it spent 225% 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, The Kathleen Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Downland Chorale (£31k), Neroche Hall (£31k) and The Hemingby Village Hall (£31k).

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.