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Margaret Killbery Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1176581LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£16k2025-12-31
Spending£133ksame year
Spent / received226%5-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Margaret Killbery Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2018, 8 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Margaret Killbery Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £133k, spending 824% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £121k to £16k (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 226% 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, Margaret Killbery Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pyrford Little Theatre (£16k), Belmont Castle Academy PTA (£16k) and Norton St Philip Village Hall Foundation (£16k).

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£33k£67k£100k£134k2021 Income: £120,7802021 Spending: £94,12020212022 Income: £39,0592022 Spending: £133,60620222023 Income: £73,5972023 Spending: £131,59620232024 Income: £18,4472024 Spending: £113,17620242025 Income: £16,1232025 Spending: £132,9312025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Margaret Killbery Foundation (MKF) aims to provide opportunities for people to have access to facilities, equipment and teaching in the arts world, with a particular focus on music.The Foundation does so by providing funding and grants to charities and organisations which focus on delivering projects in the spheres of art and music.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Pyrford Little TheatreIsleworth£16k
Belmont Castle Academy PTAEssex£16k
Norton St Philip Village Hall FoundationSomerset£16k
Wolverhampton Symphony OrchestraStaffordshire£16k