WK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1203798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

In order to fulfil its charitable purposes, the Charity provides training to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with a view to enabling them to secure employment which may be with Well Kneaded (a social enterprise) or elsewhere. The Charity seeks to grow the skills of beneficiaries and increase their chances of long-term employment.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO WHICH IS CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION AND BY ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES WHICH DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, IS TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £14,369 for the year, bringing total net assets to £35,565. Per the trustees' report, the charity has not yet reached its target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs, with current unrestricted reserves of £26,289 against a stated policy target of £28,500.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (55% of income)
“Grants (55%): £58,456 to core programme delivery operations.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £26k; policy: three months of operating costs)
“Although the charity has not yet reached its target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs, a net surplus of £14,369 contributed toward building this reserve.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£106k£91k
30/06/2024£41k£19k

Common questions

Is WK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £14,369 for the year, bringing total net assets to £35,565. Per the trustees' report, the charity has not yet reached its target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs, with current unrestricted reserves of £26,289 against a stated policy target of £28,500. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WK FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WK FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k