The Ian Karten Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ian Karten Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Ian Karten Charitable Trust reported income of £447k and spending of £562k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £430k to £447k (+3.8%), an average of +0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Ian Karten Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include WLJM (£446k), Wizz Kids Pre-School (£448k) and Down Syndrome Cheshire (£446k).