The Kuanzia Trust

Analysis

The Kuanzia Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kuanzia Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £10k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £18k to £11k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kuanzia Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Apcar Trust (£11k), Representative Council of North East Jewry (£11k) and Rochester Cathedral Old Choristers' Association (£11k).