THE ST KIERAN TRUST

Registered charity 1212840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

St Kieran Trust makes grants to charities registered in the UK and the Republic of Ireland with the aims of: alleviating poverty and homelessness, enabling access to arts and education, and enabling access to open spaces, gardens or the countryside. For further details see our annual report.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MAKING GRANTS.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
2025
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity's unrestricted funds are nil, with all net assets held in an expendable endowment fund of £2,022,067. The trustees state they have no policy of retaining significant free reserves beyond covering committed grants for the next 12 months. The charity is funded by investment returns and does not raise funds from the general public.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“unrestricted funds had a balance of £nil, reflecting the recognition of long-term commitments in the current financial year being supported by the endowment fund.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated investments and cash to the charity.
“During the year, investments with a value of £2,000,000 at the date of transfer were donated to the charity by its two trustees. In addition, one trustee also donated a further £17,845 in cash to the charity's investment account.” — page 18
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£184k£185k

Common questions

Is THE ST KIERAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity's unrestricted funds are nil, with all net assets held in an expendable endowment fund of £2,022,067. The trustees state they have no policy of retaining significant free reserves beyond covering committed grants for the next 12 months. The charity is funded by investment returns and does not raise funds from the general public. Its FY2026 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
ASHKELON FOUNDATION1£438k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ST KIERAN TRUST£184k——below—no doubt
THE 3 TS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THE 1989 WILLAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£444k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£22.3m—0above—no doubt
THE CYNARA FOUNDATION FY2026£153k—0above—no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt

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