Keren Association Limited

Analysis

Keren Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00707087). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Keren Association Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £6.0m, spending 341% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.0m to £1.8m (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 414% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Keren Association Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The 1959 Group of Charities (£1.7m), Coventry Citizens Advice (£1.8m) and Voluntary Sector Centres (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56% and investments 44%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.7m. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.

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.