Kingston Giving

Analysis

Kingston Giving is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kingston Giving reported income of £145k and spending of £197k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £195k to £145k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Kingston Giving sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dr Benjamin Angel Foundation (£145k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dawlish (£145k) and The Watson Family Charitable Trust (£145k).