The Kittiwake Trust

Analysis

The Kittiwake Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kittiwake Trust reported income of £59k and spending of £79k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £84k to £59k (-30%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Kittiwake Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moston Muslim Community Centre (£59k), Masambiro UK (£59k) and Culcheth Community Church (£59k).

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.