Kent Community Foundation

Analysis

Kent Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04088589). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Kent Community Foundation reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £6.0m to £4.5m (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kent Community Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Anti - Violence and Policing Group (£4.5m), Hollick Family Foundation (£4.5m) and The Railway Children (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55% and investments 31%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.9m. Reserves of £510k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.