The Keswick Convention Trust

Analysis

The Keswick Convention Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03913741). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Keswick Convention Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.1m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Keswick Convention Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Movement for Reform Judaism (£3.1m), The Stubbs Blinkhorn Charitable Trust (£3.1m) and St Paul's Theological Centre (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, investments 9.2%, charitable activities 4.6% and trading 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £57k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £12.3m would cover about 46 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.