KENSINGTON HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1044235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KENSINGTON FOUNDATION

Kensington Court -holidays for seriously ill children.Crisis grant line -provision of basic furniture essentials to persons in need.

Objects

TO PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF LANCASHIRE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:A.TO RELIEVE PERSONS OVER 16 YEARS WHO ARE IN CONDITITONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS,BY THE PROVISION OF SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION.B.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK OR TERMINALLY ILL.C.TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.D.TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH,BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL OF WOMEN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY THE PROVISION OF A TEMPORARY REFUGE.E.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.F.TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Blackpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is planning to cease trading on 30 June 2025, with assets to be donated to another trust. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies heavily on grants from the M A Hawe Settlement and has unrestricted reserves of £765,272, though it reported a net expenditure for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARC GREGORY HAWEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Ruston
• Peter Farrell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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• THE TOC H ALISON HOUSE TRUST income £28k
• KEYCHANGE CHARITY income £10.6m

Side by side with its peers

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