Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

KING CHARLES III CHARITABLE FUND 

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.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 15 years

www.kccf.org.uk

contact@kccf.org.uk

020 4551 9330

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£10,333£10,112£221£316£11,280£5,9417.1180
31/03/22£10,388£9,923£465£766£11,758£8,66010.5680
31/03/21£10,354£10,416£-62£73£11,025£6,1527.11090
31/03/20£13,909£13,737£172£4,890£9,772£5,5704.91310
31/03/19£14,802£13,419£1,383£4,645£9,871£6,7796.11320
31/03/18£13,225£12,376£849£4,835£10,300£9,5389.2250
31/03/17£12,892£11,097£1,795£4,701£10,890£9,79310.6240
31/03/16£13,454£15,381£-1,927£4,002£8,986£8,7446.8220
31/03/15£12,601£12,794£-193£247£10,924£8,7068.2210
31/03/14£6,278£5,772£506£73£11,558£11,09923.1240
31/03/13£14,456£14,464£-8£6,416£16,557£16,31913.5200
31/03/12*£17,928£10,632£7,296£3,923£18,079£17,79720.1200
31/03/11£20,538£11,403£9,136£5,901£10,460£9,0549.560
31/03/10£10,298£12,689£-2,391£5,889£-455£-4,247-460

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Romania, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 18 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Coronation Food Project - Kings Charless lll
£300,000 13/12/2023
A grant over three years to support the Coronation Food Project, a grants programme that aims to inspire, empower and enable local community action on reducing food waste, food poverty and ....more
J J Charitable Trust - To subsidise 15 places from the 2023 cohort, for delegates from public sector, emerging marke
£50,000 30/09/2022
To subsidise 15 places from the 2023 cohort, for delegates from public sector, emerging markets, and SMEs
Mark Leonard Trust - to host a dinner in February 2017
£5,000 12/10/2016
Towards an event with regulators to discuss financial risks associated with climate change.
J J Charitable Trust - to host a dinner in February 2017
£5,000 12/10/2016
Towards an event with regulators to discuss financial risks associated with climate change.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 50-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2008, number: 1127255
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2008, number: 06777589
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR12: 0 days late,
Main office

3 Orchard Place
London
SW1H 0BF

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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