Mount Kenya Trust

Analysis

Mount Kenya Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Axbridge. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mount Kenya Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £98k, spending 559% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £18k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 515%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Mount Kenya Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Underriver Village Hall (£18k), St Mary's Church (Hitchin) Preservation Trust (£18k) and The Friends of Ashby St Ledgers Church (£18k).