The Kays Foundation

Analysis

The Kays Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08147905). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kays Foundation reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.5m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.1m (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Kays Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Mencap (£1.1m), People Matters (West Yorkshire) (£1.1m) and Caretech Charitable Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £546k. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.