The Kenneth Armitage Foundation
Analysis
The Kenneth Armitage Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marlborough. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending October 2025, The Kenneth Armitage Foundation reported income of £36k and spending of £418k, spending 1162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £44k to £36k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 338% of the income it received.
Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Kenneth Armitage Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Company Presents Limited (£36k), Saltford Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£36k) and The Stafford and District Choral Society (£36k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
1. To encourage and advance knowledge of and education in the art of sculptors.2. To provide scholarships, exhibitions and bursaries for young persons under the age of 25 years to enable them to futher their knowledge and skills as sculptors3. To advance public knowledge and understanding of works of 20th and 21st Century sculpture
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Company Presents Limited | Reading | £36k |
| Saltford Primary School Parent Teacher Association | Bristol | £36k |
| The Stafford and District Choral Society | Stafford | £36k |
| Collegium Laureatum | Cambridge | £36k |