Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation reported income of £508k and spending of £916k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £460k to £508k (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Belmont Abbey Mission CIO (£508k), Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust (£508k) and Granby Community Mental Health Group (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £852k. Reserves of £68k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.