Kendal and District Debt Centre

Analysis

Kendal and District Debt Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in September 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Kendal and District Debt Centre reported income of £16k and spending of £35k, spending 211% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2025, income fell from £53k to £16k (-69%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kendal and District Debt Centre sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CSS Charitable Trust (£16k), The Rotary Club of Birmingham Charitable Fund (£16k) and Ahavath Chesed (£16k).