The Kilroot Foundation

Analysis

The Kilroot Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kilroot Foundation reported income of £178k and spending of £330k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £94k to £178k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 207% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Kilroot Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Baywind Energy Community Trust (£177k), The Pendon Museum Trust Ltd (£180k) and Cardigan Building Preservation Trust (£177k).

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.