Khidma Community Trust

Analysis

Khidma Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2024, Khidma Community Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £24k, spending 239% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income grew from £590 to £10k (+1616%), an average of +158% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 389%. Over the whole period it spent 224% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Khidma Community Trust 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 Sustentation Fund (£10k), Project Pencil Case (£10k) and Alphabetical Order of Lebanon (£10k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.