THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1125940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOCUS K&C, THE FOCUS KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION
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Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity raised £2.1 million and spent £1,126,280 on grants, with 97p in every £1 directed to charitable activity. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £179,029 against a policy target of six months of running costs, while total net assets were £1,212,180. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £179k; policy: six months of projected running costs)
“At 31 March 2025 of the £1,212,180 carried forward, £179,029 is unrestricted income held as a general reserve in terms of this policy, while £1,028,700 is restricted for charitable giving.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Abdi Aden
- Abdurahman Sayed
- CLARE MIRANDA FERGUSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Claire Therese Helene Lamblin Bruce
- Gigi Yacoub
- JEREMY MICHAEL SACHER · trustee of 1 other charity
- MARTIN WILLIAM HOWARD MORGAN
- Peter Winslow
- RICHARD BRIANCE
- Thomas Holland-Hibbert
- Willie Gething
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised £2.1 million and spent £1,126,280 on grants, with 97p in every £1 directed to charitable activity. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £179,029 against a policy target of six months of running costs, while total net assets were £1,212,180. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.
Who funds THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BAND TRUST, MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST, STELIOS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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