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Kraszna-Krausz Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1172306LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£11k2025-03-31
Spending£61ksame year
Spent / received231%5-year average
Size in its cause34th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Kraszna-Krausz Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kraszna-Krausz Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £61k, spending 544% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £11k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 231% 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, Kraszna-Krausz Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra (£11k), South Muskham and Little Carlton Village Hall (£11k) and Charity of Mary Booth and Cecily Margaret Booth for a Common (£11k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£20k£39k£59k£78k2021 Income: £25,7312021 Spending: £78,25620212022 Income: £64,2092022 Spending: £65,42420222023 Income: £21,7102023 Spending: £71,01920232024 Income: £23,6052024 Spending: £62,48620242025 Income: £11,1902025 Spending: £60,8562025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Kraszna Krausz Foundation was created by Andor Kraszna Krausz, the founder of Focal Press. Since 1985 the Kraszna Krausz Foundation Book Awards have been the leading prizes for books on photography and the moving image in the UK. Winning books have been those which make original and lasting educational, professional, historical and cultural contributions to the field.

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Phoenix Saxophone OrchestraLeicestershire£11k
South Muskham and Little Carlton Village HallNorth Muskham£11k
Charity of Mary Booth and Cecily Margaret Booth for a CommonBoston£11k
The Friends of the Bate Collection of Musical InstrumentsOxford£11k