The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust reported income of £690k and spending of £429k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £503k to £690k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Kennedy Leigh 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (£688k), Respect for All (£691k) and Imkaan (£688k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £285k. Reserves of £18.4m would cover about 492 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.