The Kisumu Children Trust

Analysis

The Kisumu Children Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bt35 6es. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kisumu Children Trust reported income of £146k and spending of £225k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £150k to £146k (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kisumu Children Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Cornerstone Parish Loughborough (£146k), Shelter Housing Advice and Research Project (Leicester) (£146k) and Bechange (£146k).

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.