Kivisi

Analysis

Kivisi is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Prestwich. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Kivisi reported income of £51k and spending of £57k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £76k to £51k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kivisi sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kochan Trust (£51k), The Ernest Foundation (£51k) and O'hea Charitable Trust (£50k).