The Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust

Analysis

The Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £254k, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £230k to £3.1m (+1237%), an average of +91% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 448%. Over the whole period it spent 16% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's Discovery Centre East London (£3.1m), Campaign for Science and Engineering (£3.1m) and Studio Wayne McGregor Limited (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £227k.