The Kiawah Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Kiawah Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2005, 21 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. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kiawah Charitable Trust reported income of £733k and spending of £420k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £65k to £733k (+1034%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 197% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Kiawah Charitable Trust 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Souls Serve the City CIO (£733k), Friends of Bennerley Viaduct (£734k) and Sutton Carers Centre Charity Company (£733k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83% and investments 17%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £306k. Reserves of £453k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.