N and R Karnani Trust

Analysis

N and R Karnani Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11819847). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, N and R Karnani Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £410k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £684k to £1.3m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 18% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, N and R Karnani Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Energy Projects Plus (£1.3m), Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty (£1.3m) and Staffordshire Pathway Project (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and investments 10%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £401k. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 125 months of spending at that rate.