Keswick Foundation Limited

Analysis

Keswick Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01422314). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Keswick Foundation Limited reported income of £4.8m and spending of £3.1m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £4.8m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Keswick Foundation Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Purple Oak Support (£4.8m), Help and Care (£4.8m) and Cheshire Residential Homes Trust (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 97% and donations and legacies 2.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £11.9m would cover about 46 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.