The Kobler Trust

Analysis

The Kobler Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1978, 48 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 Kobler Trust reported income of £86k and spending of £124k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £73k to £86k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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 Kobler Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Holloway Foundation (£86k), The Dla Piper Charitable Trust (£86k) and Sandy's Farm (£86k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.