Kerala Crafts

Analysis

Kerala Crafts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kerala Crafts reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £35k to £10k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kerala Crafts sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jesus Is Lord Assembly (£10k), Kafaalo Foundation (£10k) and Exeter Diocesan Association for the Care of Women and Children (Saint Olave's Trust) (£10k).

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.