The Ashton Keynes Charity

Analysis

The Ashton Keynes Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ashton Keynes Charity reported income of £11k and spending of £7,162, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,919 to £11k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ashton Keynes Charity sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Preston School Children's Fund and Thomas Parkinson Bequest (£11k), Hannan (£11k) and Birchos Yosef (UK) Limited (£11k).