Knowle Institute

Analysis

Knowle Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Knowle Institute reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,077 to £16k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Knowle Institute sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Heroes Haven Swanage (£16k), Rotary Club of Canvey Island (£16k) and Moulsoe Community Association (£16k).