The Karenza Foundation

Analysis

The Karenza Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 1972, 54 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 Karenza Foundation reported income of £49k and spending of £65k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £34k to £49k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Karenza Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Maurice Fry Charitable Trust (£49k), Quantock Foundation CIO (£49k) and The Whitewater Charitable Trust (£49k).