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KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1084361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation encourages and enables a culture of effective giving to support thriving local communities. In the main, we raise and distribute funds to meet the needs of the community in Kent and Medway. We act as a bridge between good causes in the county and individuals and organisations with the means and commitment to support them.

Objects

3 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY ARE ESTABLISHED ARE: 3.1 THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND THE BOROUGH OF MEDWAY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS; 3.2 OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF KENT, BOROUGH OF MEDWAY, UNITED KINGDOM, AND ELSEWHERE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of THE HAWKENBURY TRUST (charity 206447) — merger registered 14/03/2014.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves were £509,971 at 31 March 2026, which the trustees consider appropriate as it meets their policy of holding six months' anticipated running costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,459,995 for the year, largely driven by a £2,067,435 loss on investments, though it maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2026 No. 2025 No. In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1 1 In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1 1 In the band £80,001 - £90,000 - -” — page 46
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £510k; policy: six months’ anticipated running costs)
“The level of free reserves at 31st March 2026 was £509,970 (2025: £480,973) which was the equivalent of six months operating costs. The trustees have considered this level of reserve and agreed it is appropriate given the above policy.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £384,846 — grants £384,846 (7); 9% of the £4,481,982 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £67,200 — grants £67,200 (1); 1% of the £5,483,197 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £612,456 — grants £612,456 (4); 11% of the £5,385,910 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kent Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£4.7m
Cost of raising funds
£242k
Reserves (reported)
£510k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£4.5m£4.7m
31/03/2025£5.5m£4.7m
31/03/2024£5.4m£5.5m
31/03/2023£5.0m£6.2m
31/03/2022£6.0m£5.5m

Common questions

Is KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves were £509,971 at 31 March 2026, which the trustees consider appropriate as it meets their policy of holding six months' anticipated running costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,459,995 for the year, largely driven by a £2,067,435 loss on investments, though it maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BROOK TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£1.0mMatch funding grants
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£182k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2023£150kCross Sector
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£135k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022£121k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2023£121k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2024£121k
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£120k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2022£110kKent Dulverton Fund 2022-23
THE PARGITER TRUSTFY2021£80k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£75kOther
RICHARD WATTS CHARITIES CIOFY2025£65kGrants to organisations (managed on our behalf by the Kent Community Foundation)
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£55kLittle Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£53kLittle Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund
THE PARGITER TRUSTFY2025£50k
THE PARGITER TRUSTFY2023£50kGrant making
THE PARGITER TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£45k
THE PARGITER TRUSTFY2022£40k
THE J G HOGG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£40kAdvancement of citizen or community development
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2022£34kYouth mental health projects in Kent
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£25kLittle Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2022£22k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£20k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kOther charitable donations
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kOther charitable donations
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2021£5k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2021amount not stated
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2025amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government26/01/2023£94kLTC's Community Fund Pilot

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE AMATEURS TRUST1£195k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£125k
BEEBY FAMILY FOUNDATION1£50k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST1£48k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£20k
CLARK FOUNDATION1£10k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£4.5m—2below—no doubt
KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£339k—0unclear—no doubt
KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3mOver £60,0001unclear5.3%no doubt
Kent Cricket Foundation FY2025£68k——unclear—no doubt
SOMETHING IN KENT FY2026£144k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.