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Krio Descendants Union UK and Ireland

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1189037KentHealth and saving lives
Income£20k2025-12-31
Spending£19ksame year
Spent / received84%5-year average
Size in its cause38th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2020CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Krio Descendants Union UK and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Krio Descendants Union UK and Ireland reported income of £20k and spending of £19k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,145 to £20k (+394%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Krio Descendants Union UK and Ireland sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Tariro (£20k), The Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Intensive Care Unit Charity (£20k) and The Rotary Club of Roundhay, Leeds, Trust Fund (£20k).

Income and spending

£0£7,940£16k£24k£32k2021 Income: £4,1452021 Spending: £89020212022 Income: £11,3972022 Spending: £9,40220222023 Income: £17,6662023 Spending: £8,71020232024 Income: £29,3622024 Spending: £31,76120242025 Income: £20,4892025 Spending: £18,7462025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

-Education and promoting awareness of the Krio culture and heritage - Participatory experiences through workshops, classes, dramatisation, lectures and exhibitions.-Documenting and showcasing distinctive Krio historic or cultural practices relating to Language etc.-Health promotion and advice- outreach and clinics. -Fundraising events to raise funds for the work of KDU UK & Ireland.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Friends of TariroAbbots Langley£20k
The Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Intensive Care Unit CharityGloucester£20k
The Rotary Club of Roundhay, Leeds, Trust FundLeeds£20k
Tope Ojo Memorial Welfare Organisation LtdMilton Keynes£20k