KARTEN NETWORK

Registered charity 1201993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Karten Network is a network of IT centres for disabled people. The centres are funded through the Ian Karten Charitable Trust, with the purpose of improving the quality of life and independence of adult people with congenital or acquired physical, cognitive, sensory, learning disabilities or mental health problems. The Karten Centres provide a supportive learning environment together with acce

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Latest income

£160k

Latest spending

£164k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,378 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total net assets of £65,367. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £65,367 are held in excess of the stated policy target of approximately £15,000. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate and note no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of total organisational operating costs (held: £65k)

“Free reserves should total three months of total organisational operating costs based on the following year's budget. For 2025/26, this amounts to approximately £15,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Jane Keeley
Anna Janickyj
David John Webster
Edward Wilkinson
Joanne Rees-Proud
Julie Mault
Kayleigh Louise Hunt
Massimiliano Bianconi
Paul John Doyle
Rohan James Slaughter
Samantha Haddock

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

Operates in: Israel · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£160k	£164k
30/09/2024	£108k	£53k
30/09/2023	£109k	£129k

Common questions

Is KARTEN NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,378 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total net assets of £65,367. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £65,367 are held in excess of the stated policy target of approximately £15,000. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate and note no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KARTEN NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KARTEN NETWORK as a grant recipient include THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£160k	Grants to Karten Centres
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£72k	Other charitable donations
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£69k	Karten Network
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£60k	Karten Network
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£60k	Karten Network
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£39k	Karten Network

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SLOANE ROBINSON FOUNDATION	1	£250k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £447k
THE KARTA INITIATIVE income £140k
KARTFORCE income £630k
CIRCLES NETWORK income £3.0m
THE CARNINGLI TRUST income £1.9m
CARTREF LIMITED income £181k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KARTEN NETWORK	£160k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£447k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE KARTA INITIATIVE FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KARTFORCE FY2025	£630k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CIRCLES NETWORK FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CARNINGLI TRUST FY2025	£1.9m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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