The Kel Trust

Analysis

The Kel Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in September 2000, 26 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 April 2025, The Kel Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £93k, spending 410% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £23k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 398% 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 Kel Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lund Village Hall (£23k), St Albans Good Neighbour Scheme (£23k) and Age Concern,tadley and District (£23k).

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.