The Kenneth and Julian Layton Charity Trust

Analysis

The Kenneth and Julian Layton Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Kenneth and Julian Layton Charity Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £4,812, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,495 to £12k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 46% 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, The Kenneth and Julian Layton Charity Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Province of Worcestershire Mark Benevolent Fund (£12k), The Horace Moore Charitable Trust (£12k) and Rotary Club of Crook Trust Fund (£12k).