KENTISH TOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND
KTIF offers financial support to a range of services at Kentish Town Health Centre including social and healthcare, a programme for the arts, children's activities, multi disciplinary interactive healthcare and education training, support groups for long term conditions.
Objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION BY THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULAR IN HEALTHY LIVING AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £28,860 for the year ended 1 April 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing to £277,308 from £306,168 in the prior year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £66,314 are adequate to meet the stated policy target of six months of expenditure (£66,314). The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties impacting the going concern basis.
What the accounts disclose
“This amounts to £66,314, which can be used in line with the charity’s objectives at the trustees’ discretion.” — page 6
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2025
- Volunteers: 14
- Government income: £2,473 — grants £2,473 (2); 1% of the £178,586 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2024
- Volunteers: 4
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2023
- Volunteers: 6
- Government income: £5,349 — contracts £2,458 (3), grants £2,891 (1); 38% of the £14,081 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/04/2024 (received 04/03/2025, 31 days after the 01/02/2025 due date); year ending 01/04/2023 (received 05/02/2024, 4 days after the 01/02/2024 due date).
Trustees
- Dr DONALD ROY MACGREGORchair
- Abira Hussein
- Dr Sally Higginbottom
- Dr Sarah Jane Worboys
- Dr Stephen Yaxley
- ELIZABETH GOODBURN
- Elizabeth Smith Lizzie
- Hadjer Nacer-Laidi
- PHILIP POSNER
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 01/04/2025 | £179k | £207k |
| 01/04/2024 | £218k | £162k |
| 01/04/2023 | £14k | £141k |
| 01/04/2022 | £65k | £111k |
| 01/04/2021 | £433k | £128k |
Common questions
Is KENTISH TOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £28,860 for the year ended 1 April 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing to £277,308 from £306,168 in the prior year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £66,314 are adequate to meet the stated policy target of six months of expenditure (£66,314). The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties impacting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds KENTISH TOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name KENTISH TOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND as a grant recipient include LONDON CATALYST, CAMDEN GIVING.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON CATALYST | FY2025 | £5k | Creative & arts workshops for people with physical & mental health problems. |
| CAMDEN GIVING | FY2021 | £4k | Emergency COVID-19 Fund |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/05/2026 | £20k | Social Shapla Development |
| Camden Giving | 01/10/2024 | £2k | Diversity of Crafts |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 05/01/2024 | £20k | Social Shapla |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/08/2021 | £10k | Drawn Together |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/11/2020 | £10k | Creative Care |
| Camden Giving | 08/06/2020 | £4k | Kentish Town Improvement Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/05/2019 | £10k | Freedom to Be |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION | 2 | £45k |
| THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £55k |
| UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation | 1 | £40k |
| THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND | 1 | £26k |
| KUSUMA TRUST UK | 1 | £20k |
| THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION | 1 | £10k |
| THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA | 1 | £9k |
| JOHN LYON'S CHARITY | 1 | £5k |
Charities like this
- KENTISH TOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE
- KENTISH TOWN CITY FARM LIMITED
- KYFFIN PLACE COMMUNITY CENTRE
- Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust
- KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KENTISH TOWN
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENTISH TOWN IMPROVEMENT FUND | £179k | — | 0 | no_policy | — | no doubt |
| KENTISH TOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE | £201k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KENTISH TOWN CITY FARM LIMITED | £445k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| KYFFIN PLACE COMMUNITY CENTRE | £358k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust | £157k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES | £95k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |