The Kenward Trust

Analysis

The Kenward Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07931728). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kenward Trust reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.9m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Kenward Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Mind (£2.9m), Action for Carers (Surrey) (£2.9m) and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Community Programme (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 4.8% and trading 4.8%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. Reserves of £368k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.