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

1. We build awareness amongst local residents of local needs;2. We inform local donors about local charities addressing these needs;3. We raise funds to support local charities, monitor grants given and provide feedback to donors;4. We seek to enhance donations given through matching initiatives;5. We bring local donors together to share knowledge and experience of local giving.

Objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.2) OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF TRUSTEES, ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY OR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 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

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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)

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdi Aden
• Abdurahman Sayed
• CLARE MIRANDA FERGUSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claire Marie Maxey · trustee of 3 other charities
• Claire Therese Helene Lamblin Bruce
• Gigi Yacoub
• JEREMY MICHAEL SACHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Niamh Graham
• 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

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• CLARE MIRANDA FERGUSON — trustee here and at THE CMF CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FORUM FOR OLDER RESIDENTS.

• KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FORUM FOR OLDER RESIDENTS income £77k
• KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA SOCIAL COUNCIL income £1.2m
• KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £339k
• THEKENILWORTHCENTRE income £257k
• UK FUND FOR CHARITIES income £4.6m
• THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST income £540k

Side by side with its peers

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