Kessef Limited

Analysis

Kessef Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01516679). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kessef Limited reported income of £137k and spending of £217k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £450k to £137k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kessef Limited 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colchester Korban Project (£137k), St Mary-Le-Bow Young Homeless Project (£137k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God, Glory of God Parish Exeter (£137k).

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.