King Charles III Charitable Fund

Registered charity 1127255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PRINCE OF WALES'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PRINCE'S CHARITIES FOUNDATION

The purpose of King Charles III Charitable Fund is to apply available funds for the benefit of such charitable bodies or for other such charitable purposes as the trustees shall think fit. The Fund aims to provide benefit to communities in the UK and across the world, through grant giving as well as through initiatives run by the Fund from time to time.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME 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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total group income decreased to £8.39m from £9.93m in the prior year, while total expenditure fell to £8.84m from £10.79m. The Group reported a net deficit of £0.69m, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £8.59m, with unrestricted reserves standing at £4.78m. The Trustees are satisfied that the Group’s diverse income sources and reserves level are sufficient to support ongoing activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. 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.

• 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
• 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

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Navaian v King Charles III Charitable Fund: High Court strikes out £6m fundraising dispute solicitorsjournal.com · 21/05/2026
• Navaian v King Charles III Charitable Fund: High Court strikes out £6m fundraising dispute solicitorsjournal.com · 21/05/2026
• King Charles cuts a cake celebrating Waitrose Duchy Organic products having raised £50 million for the King Charles III Charitable Fund. Photograph: King Charles III Charitable Fund. westcoasttoday.co.uk · 07/10/2025
• Open Call: King Charles III Charitable Fund – Small Grants Programme (UK) www2.fundsforngos.org · 20/08/2025
• Who’s Funding: King Charles III Charitable Fund, City Bridge Foundation and more civilsociety.co.uk · 07/05/2024
• Who’s Funding: Bank of Scotland Foundation, King Charles III Charitable Fund and more civilsociety.co.uk · 12/02/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06777589

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — King Charles III Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Waitrose — “Since 2009, Waitrose has contributed £50 million to King Charles III Charitable Fund from the global sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic product…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DASGUPTA, Ranan — director, appointed 26/03/2024on trustee list
• HARRIS MVO, DL, Colleen — director, appointed 18/07/2023not on trustee list
• OLISA OBE, Kenneth Aphunezi, Sir — director, appointed 08/12/2021not on trustee list
• RECHBERGER, Kristin — director, appointed 29/10/2020on trustee list
• BUTLER-SLOSS, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 29/10/2020on trustee list
• CASEY OF BLACKSTOCK DBE CB, Louise, Baroness — director, appointed 13/06/2018not on trustee list
• CHESHIRE, Ian Michael, Sir — director, appointed 20/09/2016on trustee list
• ABBA-OPOKU ACG, Yvonne — secretary, appointed 13/09/2012

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sir IAN MICHAEL CHESHIREchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock DBE CB
• Colleen Harris MVO, DL
• Kristin Rechberger
• Ranan Dasgupta
• Sarah Jane Butler-Sloss · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sir Kenneth Aphunezi Olisa OBE

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

Operates in: Romania · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 KINGS CHURCH MARSHES TRUST.

• KINGS CHURCH MARSHES TRUST income £111k
• THE KING'S FAMILY CENTRE income £345k
• THE KING'S FUND income £13.3m
• KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL CHARITY income £5.1m
• KINGS CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON income £154k
• KING/CULLIMORE CHARITABLE TRUST income £327k

Side by side with its peers

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