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K.c.u. Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1131360NorthamptonshirePoverty relief
Income£261k2025-03-31
Spending£320ksame year
Spent / received87%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctPoverty relief
Registered2009Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

K.c.u. Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05695511). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, K.c.u. Ltd reported income of £261k and spending of £320k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £327k to £261k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, K.c.u. Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley by Bow Bangladeshi Forum and Muslim Cultural Centre (£261k), Penha (£261k) and G-Force (£261k).

Income and spending

£0£87k£175k£262k£349k2021 Income: £327,1562021 Spending: £184,74720212022 Income: £215,7562022 Spending: £209,65820222023 Income: £313,7542023 Spending: £228,35020232024 Income: £349,1342024 Spending: £336,16820242025 Income: £260,5982025 Spending: £319,9112025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

KCU (Kettering Community Unit) is a community support charityproviding the following -Free training and education courses to support people into employment or to improve their quality of life -Furniture re-cycling, low cost household goods to those in need via our charity shops-Food bank operations to support those in food poverty Our ethos is that everyone in our community matters .

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bromley by Bow Bangladeshi Forum and Muslim Cultural CentrePowis Road£261k
PenhaLondon£261k
G-ForceCheshire£261k
MW (GK) FoundationSalford£261k