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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.

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

Latest income
£5.5m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £480,973 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider appropriate as it equates to 6.5 months of operating costs against a policy target of six months. The charity reported a net loss of £688,235 for the year, primarily driven by a £1.47 million loss on investments, though it maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ anticipated running costs (held: £481k)
“The trustees have considered the above and have agreed that the charity will retain a minimum of six months’ anticipated running costs as reserves.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £100,000 plus gift aid totalling £25,000 to the charity.
“During the year the trustees donated £100,000 (2024: £100,000) plus gift aid totalling £25,000 (2024: £12,500) to the charity.” — page 61
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£5.5m
Total spending
£4.7m
Cost of raising funds
£119k
Reserves (reported)
£518k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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
31/03/2025£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
31/03/2021£6.5m£6.4m

Common questions

Is KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £480,973 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider appropriate as it equates to 6.5 months of operating costs against a policy target of six months. The charity reported a net loss of £688,235 for the year, primarily driven by a £1.47 million loss on investments, though it maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves LLP.

Who funds KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BROOK TRUST, THE PARGITER 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
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2023£150kCross Sector
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£135k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2024£121k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2022£121k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2023£121k
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£120k
THE PARGITER TRUSTFY2021£80k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£75kOther
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 TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kOther charitable donations
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kOther charitable donations
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£5k
FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE BROOK TRUSTFY2025£0

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 LYNN FOUNDATION1£6.5m
CHICKENLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE1£902k
CULLUM FAMILY TRUST1£495k
OPTIGENE FOUNDATION1£238k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£200k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£100k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£100k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£89k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£5.5m——above—no doubt
KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024£339k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
ONE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt

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