Kintsugi Hope

Analysis

Kintsugi Hope is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kintsugi Hope reported income of £506k and spending of £552k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £373k to £506k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kintsugi Hope sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland (£506k), The Della Fish Foundation (£506k) and Hull and East Yorkshire Counselling Limited (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, charitable activities 22% and trading 16%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Reserves of £17k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

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.