The Kennel Club Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kennel Club Charitable Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £257k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £869k to £157k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Kennel Club Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol and Wales Cat Rescue (£157k), Crossing Cottage Greyhound Sanctuary (£157k) and Henley and District Agricultural Association Limited (£156k).

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.