The Kerusso Trust

Analysis

The Kerusso Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberdeen. It was registered in January 2012, 14 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number SC413002). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kerusso Trust reported income of £166k and spending of £171k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £95k to £166k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kerusso Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Evangelical Church, Leeds (£166k), The Douglas and Phyllis Nicol Charitable Foundation Trust (£166k) and World Wide Family of God Churches (£166k).

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.