The Kanyike Project

Analysis

The Kanyike Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knebworth. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kanyike Project reported income of £31k and spending of £39k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £37k to £31k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Kanyike Project sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uganda Concern UK (£31k), Swainby Village Hall (£31k) and The League of Friends of Felixstowe Community Hospital (£31k).