Kentish Town Improvement Fund

Analysis

Kentish Town Improvement Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Kentish Town Improvement Fund reported income of £179k and spending of £207k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £433k to £179k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 1445%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kentish Town Improvement Fund sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 The Lynn Foundation (£179k), Alport UK (£179k) and Asfordby Football Club Limited (£178k).