The Lord Mayor of Kingston Upon Hull's Charity Appeal

Analysis

The Lord Mayor of Kingston Upon Hull's Charity Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Lord Mayor of Kingston Upon Hull's Charity Appeal reported income of £10k and spending of £8,253, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £1,763 to £10k (+487%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 731%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lord Mayor of Kingston Upon Hull's Charity Appeal sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Autism Project (Cap) (£10k), The Wish Tree (£10k) and Take Heart ( Derby) (£10k).