Optimum Kenya Trust
Analysis
Optimum Kenya Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Optimum Kenya Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,117 to £22k (+320%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Optimum Kenya Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baldons Fuel Charity Otherwise Known As Poors Land (£22k), Grants for Developing (£22k) and Martha Louise Jackson Bequest (£21k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
ESTABLISHED CHARITY IN KENYA "MSAADA KENYA TRUST" TO ACT AS OPERATIONAL CHARITY IN KENYA.SELECTED THE LENANA HIGH SCHOOL AS THE FIRST BENEFICIARY OF THE TRUST WITH PUPIL BURSARIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION. GRANTED 53 BURSARIES AND CONTRIBUTED FUNDS FOR REBUILDING THE SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL AND I.T. FACILITY. EXTENDING THE AWARENESS OF THE TRUST ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE FUNDING
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Baldons Fuel Charity Otherwise Known As Poors Land | Oxford | £22k |
| Grants for Developing | London | £22k |
| Martha Louise Jackson Bequest | Oxford | £21k |
| Broadway United Charities | Broadway | £22k |