The Ursula Keyes Trust

Analysis

The Ursula Keyes Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ursula Keyes Trust reported income of £386k and spending of £368k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £262k to £386k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Ursula Keyes Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Selly Oak Nursery School Land and Buildings (£385k), The Family Mediation Trust (£395k) and Stamp Out Spiking (£377k).