the koestler trust

The charity supports other defined groups. The Koestler Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in London and operates in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The Koestler Trust is the UK's leading charity for arts in prisons. Through awards, feedback, mentoring, outreach and involvement, it plays a unique national role in encouraging offenders, secure psychiatric patients and immigration detainees to take part in the arts, often transforming their lives. The Trust then brings prison arts to the public through exhibitions, publications and events.

Fundraising

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Country

Scotland Northern Ireland

Financial Information

Latest Income

£813,554

Latest Expenditure

£849,148

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 91.5%

% of income going directly to charitable activities

Overall Efficiency 87.7%

% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)

Administrative Ratio 13.4%

Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £757,368

Charitable Activities £0

Other Trading £49,486

Investments £6,700

Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £744,492

Raising Funds £104,656

Governance £9,320

Grants to Institutions £0

Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial Year	Income	Expenditure	Charitable Spending	Net Assets	Reserves	Staff
2024	£813,554	£849,148	£744,492	£1,842,430	£254,883	17 / 169
2023	£1,436,714	£995,933	£859,876	£1,878,024	£537,229	21 / 121
2022	£1,259,415	£882,024	£757,662	£1,437,243	£564,212	21 / 73
2021	£1,406,892	£761,377	£640,967	£1,059,852	£171,307	17 / 73
2020	£904,314	£851,448	£682,131	£398,558	£166,444	19 / 298