THE KING'S TRUST

Registered charity 1079675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7758242 · Wikipedia · also known as KING'S TRUST, THE PRINCE'S TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC041198 (OSCR)

The King's Trust's vision is to end youth unemployment. By breaking down barriers and opening doors The King's Trust supports young people to build the confidence and skills they need to find work. The King's Trust is building a future that works for young people.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED, TO INCLUDE:(A) PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE; (B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING IN PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, INDUSTRIES, CRAFTS, TRADES OR THE SKILLS NEEDED IN EMPLOYMENT; (C) RELIEVING POVERTY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) AND ENCOURAGEMENT WHILST THEIR EDUCATION IS BEING ADVANCED AS AFORESAID OR WHILST THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING NEW BUSINESSES OR PREPARING FOR ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGING IN A PROFESSION, TRADE, CRAFT OR SERVICE; (D) ARRANGING PERIODS OF VOLUNTARY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY; AND (E) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF AND PRACTICAL ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE NATURAL AND BUILD ENVIRONMENT. (11) TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO SOCIAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL NEED OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (111) TO CARRY OUT ANY SUCH APPROVED OBJECTS (AS DEFINED BY REGULATION 33 OF THE LANDFILL TAX REGULATIONS 1996 OR ANY AMENDMENT THERETO) AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY TO DO SO. (IV) TO SUPPORT SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE COUNCIL SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total net income of £11.0m for the year, driven by a £2.2m operating surplus and £8.8m in investment gains. Free reserves stood at £33.7m, which the trustees note is equivalent to 7.3 months of normalised monthly expenditure, exceeding their stated policy target of six months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House RC000772

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The King's Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustpilot: The King's Trust scores 1.4/5 from 47 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Legal Counsel — £48,193.00 to £50,000.00 (National) or £50,000.00 to £55,000.00 (London), dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience · Multiple Locations (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 26/08/2026)
• Senior Digital Delivery Manager — £52,990.00 · London (Hybrid) · posted 2 days ago (seen 26/08/2026)
• Procurement Manager — £39,096.00 to £46,915.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience · Multiple Locations (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 26/08/2026)
• Marketing Manager — £35,251.00 to £44,064.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience · London (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 26/08/2026)
• Fundraising Planning Manager — £30,000.00 to £41,256.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience (National salary £30,000 - £36,612 and London salary -£33,005 - £41,256 ) · Multiple Locations (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 26/08/2026)
• Delivery Partnerships Development Lead — £25,092.00 to £28,783.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience · Liverpool (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 26/08/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Segun Ilube CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Nikesh Kotecha OBE DL
• Erem Kassim-Lakha
• Joan Armatrading MBE
• Lynne Weedall
• Mark Dearnley
• Pavita Cooper · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Oldfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Dingemans
• Suzy Anne Efua Gloria Neubert
• Verity Harding

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The King's Trust International.

• The King's Trust International income £7.6m
• THE KING'S FUND income £13.3m
• THE KING'S CHURCH DURHAM income £571k
• THE KING'S HOUSE income £357k
• KING'S CHURCH, NEWPORT income £427k
• KINGS WORLD TRUST FOR CHILDREN income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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