The Kanta Foundation

Analysis

The Kanta Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in June 2007, 19 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 April 2025, The Kanta Foundation reported income of £168k and spending of £95k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £177 to £168k (+94991%), an average of +455% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 57040%. Over the whole period it spent 22% 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 Kanta Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Extra Mile Challenges (£168k), The Hargreaves Charitable Trust (£169k) and The Dooa Foundation (£167k).