The Kendal (Kirkland) Trust

Analysis

The Kendal (Kirkland) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kendal (Kirkland) Trust reported income of £103k and spending of £106k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £70k to £103k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Kendal (Kirkland) Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Yeghiche Armenian Church Parish Ltd (£103k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Little Missenden, (£103k) and Heckmondwike Mosque Fund (£103k).

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.