Kumar Foundation

Analysis

Kumar Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kumar Foundation reported income of £21k and spending of £84k, spending 401% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,615 to £21k (+275%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 293%. Over the whole period it spent 512% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kumar Foundation 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 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Bag for Flo (£21k), Manasseh Christian Centre (£21k) and Adventist Development and Relief Agency - Trans European Division (£21k).

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.