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THE KANTA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1119759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charities at the discretion of the trustees

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£168k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,510,171, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to meet obligations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £2.5m)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties
“During the year the charity received donations of £Nil (2024: £835,000) from the related parties; Where Mr SJ Chatwani, R J Chatwani and J J Chatwani are directors.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income
£909k
Total spending
£128k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Throughout London · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£168k£95k
30/04/2024£909k£128k
30/04/2023£260k£36k
30/04/2022£101k£10k
30/04/2021£177£53k

Common questions

Is THE KANTA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,510,171, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to meet obligations for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST1£4.1m
The Ashley Tabor-King Foundation1£1.4m
THE JD FOUNDATION1£561k
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED1£314k
PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION1£200k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
THE CADOGAN CHARITY1£100k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KANTA FOUNDATION£168k—0unclear—no doubt
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
1692 FY2025£462k—0within—no doubt
THE KAJATAWA FOUNDATION FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
TAIGH MOR FOUNDATION FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt

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