The Kitchen Table Charities Trust

Analysis

The Kitchen Table Charities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Kitchen Table Charities Trust reported income of £99k and spending of £162k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £165k to £99k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Kitchen Table Charities Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jonathan Towler Foundation (£99k), The Edward & Catherine Wray Charitable Trust (£99k) and Royal Army Physical Training Corps Association (£99k).