Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust reported income of £90k and spending of £102k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £70k to £90k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God - Living Grace Chapel Limited (£90k), The Poor Fund of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers (£90k) and Cherubim & Seraphim Movement Church, Mount Horeb Intercontinental District (£90k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.