The Kay Mason Foundation

Analysis

The Kay Mason Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kay Mason Foundation reported income of £515k and spending of £330k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £191k to £515k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 205%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kay Mason Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pharmacist Support (£515k), Leicester South Foodbank (£516k) and Covenant Life Church Leicester (£515k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 23%.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.