The Kaufman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Kaufman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kaufman Charitable Trust reported income of £205k and spending of £421k, spending 205% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £123k to £205k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 238% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Kaufman Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project 229 (£205k), Southampton Society for the Blind (£205k) and Steelbacks Foundation (£205k).

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.