The King's Trust International

Registered charity 1159815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRINCE'S TRUST INTERNATIONAL

We exist to tackle the global crisis of youth unemployment. Our mission is to empower young people to learn, earn and thrive. We blend our expertise with a global network of local partners and develop programmes and interventions focused on education, employability and enterprise to help young people build their own futures. Our vision is that every young person should have the chance to succeed.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED TO PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND SPECIFICALLY TO:PROMOTING BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPABILITIES AND ENABLING THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED, TO INCLUDE1) PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE;2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF, ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING IN PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, INDUSTRIES, CRAFTS, TRADES OR THE SKILLS NEEDED IN EMPLOYMENT;3) 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;4) ARRANGING PERIODS OF VOLUNTARY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY; 5) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF AND PRACTICAL ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT;6) PROMOTING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO SOCIAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;7) CARRYING OUT ANY SUCH APPROVED OBJECTS (AS DEFINED BY REGULATION 33 OF THE LANDFILL TAX REGULATIONS 1996 OR ANY AMENDMENT THERETO OR REPLACEMENT THEREOF) AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO SO; AND8) SUPPORTING SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE MEMBERS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · 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 achieved a net income surplus of £2,455,313 for the year, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £2,063,682. The trustees report that these reserves represent six months of non-programme related expenditure, meeting their stated policy target of maintaining between four to six months of operational expenditure. The going concern assessment confirms the group can meet its liabilities for at least twelve months from the date of authorization.

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
• 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 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)

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).

• Sea Monster expands global impact in entrepreneurship education with King’s Trust International bizcommunity.com · 30/04/2026
• King’s Trust International launches partnership with Islamic Relief kingstrustinternational.org · 19/03/2026
• The King’s Trust International invites the public to invest in Generation Potential creative.salon · 20/02/2026
• King’s Trust International Advisor on AI and Advanced Technology kingstrustinternational.org · 23/01/2026
• King’s Trust International Trustee Appointment kingstrustinternational.org · 04/12/2025
• 3,200 students benefit from King’s Trust International Achieve in 10 years tvmnews.mt · 20/11/2025
• King’s Trust International at 10: Charles III’s Legacy Supporting Youth newsweek.com · 19/11/2025
• The King’s Trust International 2025 Impact Report kingstrustinternational.org · 17/11/2025

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 8.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shabir Ahmed Randeree CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Arunma O Oteh OON
• Joanna Schmidt Riley
• Mete Serdar Coban MBE
• Michael Tetteh Nartey
• Naushad Nurdin Jivraj · trustee of 3 other charities
• PHILIP JOHN PARHAM CMG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paraskevi Galani

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

Operates in: Barbados · Ghana · Greece · India · Jamaica · Jordan · Kenya · Malaysia · Malta · Nigeria · Pakistan · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

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.

• THE KING'S TRUST income £63.9m
• KING'S CHURCH, NEWPORT income £427k
• THE TALENT FOUNDRY TRUST income £2.0m
• Kingdom Impact income £147k
• KINGS PEOPLE'S CHURCH income £1.3m
• KING'S MINISTRIES TRUST income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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