The Keith Howard Foundation

Analysis

The Keith Howard Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Keith Howard Foundation reported income of £324k and spending of £1.1m, spending 328% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £890k to £324k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2152%. Over the whole period it spent 21% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Keith Howard Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wythall Community Association (£324k), Chisenhale Art Place Limited (£324k) and Dash Arts Limited (£323k).

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.