The Kentown Wizard Foundation

Analysis

The Kentown Wizard Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kentown Wizard Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £2.2m, spending 190% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £904k to £1.2m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 288% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Kentown Wizard Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Cool Behaviour Foundation (£1.2m), Volunteer Centre Hackney (£1.2m) and Tees Valley Community Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.7m. Reserves of £88.8m would cover about 476 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.