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The Kingfisher Medway Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1108393KentDisability
Income£15k2025-10-31
Spending£24ksame year
Spent / received55%5-year average
Size in its cause34th pctDisability
Registered2005Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Kingfisher Medway Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05194105). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Kingfisher Medway Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £24k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £151k to £15k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Kingfisher Medway Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BQL Foundation (£15k), Hawkshead Recreation Ground (£15k) and Jenna Marie Foundation (£15k).

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

£0£38k£76k£113k£151k2021 Income: £151,3222021 Spending: £7,68020212022 Income: £14,0902022 Spending: £25,33920222023 Income: £8,8322023 Spending: £33,50920232024 Income: £11,3252024 Spending: £19,75220242025 Income: £14,7902025 Spending: £24,1812025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

WE PROVIDE PLEASURE BOAT TRIPS ON THE RIVER MEDWAY FOR THE DISADVANTAGED OF ALL AGES AND THEIR CARERS

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
BQL FoundationSheffield£15k
Hawkshead Recreation GroundCumbria£15k
Jenna Marie FoundationSouthampton£15k
Thomas Herbert Clark's CharityLincolnshire£15k