Kusuma Trust UK

Analysis

Kusuma Trust UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06753811). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kusuma Trust UK reported income of £2.7m and spending of £7.2m, spending 270% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.4m to £2.7m (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 186% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kusuma Trust UK sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nuneaton & Bedworth Leisure Trust (£2.7m), Sustain: the Alliance for Better Food & Farming (£2.7m) and International Service Fellowship Trust (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.7m. Reserves of £728k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.

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.