Kamla Foundation

Analysis

Kamla Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kamla Foundation reported income of £24k and spending of £25k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £24k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kamla Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caerau and Ely Sports Trust (£24k), The Julia Norris Trust (£24k) and The Friends of Seva Mandir (£24k).