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The Kenya Kesho Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127182LincolnHealth and saving lives
Income£155k2025-09-30
Spending£185ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2008Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Kenya Kesho Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Kenya Kesho Trust reported income of £155k and spending of £185k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £71k to £155k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Kenya Kesho Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farmcornwall (£155k), West Hampstead Women's Centre (£155k) and Friends of Eortc (£155k).

Income and spending

£0£46k£92k£139k£185k2021 Income: £70,5942021 Spending: £71,67520212022 Income: £111,8722022 Spending: £107,18920222023 Income: £144,9572023 Spending: £144,42920232024 Income: £155,9592024 Spending: £158,09120242025 Income: £154,9362025 Spending: £184,8342025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The educational side of the Kenya Kesho project strives to give the local children of southern Kenya the chance of a better education through ensuring that their schools have fundamental school supplies, increasing the number of teachers per school and building better facilities; these are all currently funded through The Kenya Kesho Trust.

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