The Kelsey Trust

Analysis

The Kelsey Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Kelsey Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £44k, spending 232% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £19k to £19k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 156% 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 Kelsey Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Educational Cultural and Health Organisation Limited (£19k), Friends of West Byfleet Health Centre (£19k) and Clapman Charitable Trust (£19k).

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.