The French Kier Benevolent Trust

Analysis

The French Kier Benevolent Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Neots. It was registered in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The French Kier Benevolent Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,340 to £14k (+313%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The French Kier Benevolent Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salford Families in Need Meals Project (£14k), Lawrence's Roundabout Well Appeal (£14k) and The Andrew Robinson Young People's Trust (£14k).