The Kingfisher Settlement

Analysis

The Kingfisher Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kingfisher Settlement reported income of £21k and spending of £72k, spending 348% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £41k to £21k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Kingfisher Settlement sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spooner Row, Suton & Wattlefield Village Hall Association (£21k), The Arthington Bramhope Pool and District Horticultural and Agricultural Society (£21k) and Pennu Charity (£21k).