The Russell Kin Trust

Analysis

The Russell Kin Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Russell Kin Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £45k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,216 to £32k (+670%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 484%. Over the whole period it spent 1255% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Russell Kin Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rural Youth Trust (£32k), 1st Ruddington Scout Group (£32k) and Campden Edge (£32k).

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.