Kensington and Chelsea Social Council

Analysis

Kensington and Chelsea Social Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04146375). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kensington and Chelsea Social Council reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.2m (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kensington and Chelsea Social Council sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Riverside Church (£1.2m), Isleworth & Hounslow Charity Limited (£1.2m) and Tomchei Yotzei Anglia (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £150k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.