South Kilburn Trust

Analysis

South Kilburn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06773665). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Kilburn Trust reported income of £138k and spending of £328k, spending 237% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £458k to £138k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Kilburn Trust 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God - Holy Ghost Zone Blackpool (£138k), Noor El Islam Mosque (£138k) and Refresh Weymouth and Portland (£138k).

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.