Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE 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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 16 years

www.thekandcfoundation.com

team@thekandcfoundation.com

02072295499

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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	£2,065	£2,174	£-109	£12	£786	£70	0.4	5	5
31/03/22	£1,971	£2,065	£-93	£48	£895	£117	0.7	5	0
31/03/21	£1,880	£2,536	£-656	£12	£988	£811	3.8	5	0
31/03/20	£1,077	£1,402	£-325	£20	£1,645	£154	1.3	5	0
31/03/19	£874	£1,166	£-292	£0	£1,917	£93	1	4	0
31/03/18	£7,512	£5,591	£1,921	£0	£2,209	£74	0.2	4	0
31/03/17	£708	£718	£-10	£42	£274	£160	2.7	4	0
31/03/16	£746	£704	£41	£78	£284	£184	3.1	4	0
31/03/15	£860	£781	£79	£154	£243	£147	2.3	4	0
31/03/14	£625	£538	£87	£127	£164	£114	2.5	4	0
31/03/13	£419	£495	£-76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£334	£326	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£388	£299	£88	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£175	£159	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£70	£29	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 9%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 62.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Kensington And Chelsea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

5 employees
5 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

City Bridge Trust	£185,000
CHK Foundation	£50,000
Tudor Trust	£30,000
The Grocers' Charity	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000	01/08/2022	to support specified work
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation
£10,000	24/03/2022	Towards participatory grantmaking (residents make the grant decisions) to help disadvantaged residents in K+C increase skills, confidence, and access to employment.
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000	30/06/2021	to support specified work
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation
£185,000	26/09/2019 60	£185,000 over five years (£50,000, £45,000, £40,000, £30,000, £20,000) towards the salaries of the Development Manager and Community Engagement Manager.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Kensington & Chelsea Foundation
£30,000	25/06/2019 12	over one year towards the core costs of a community foundation working with charitable organisations in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
National Lottery Community Fund - Organisation Champions
£150,000	23/11/2018 36	A project to support a number of local organisations that stepped up after the Grenfell Tower fire to continue their work in the aftermath. The project aims to highlight local needs and create ....more A project to support a number of local organisations that stepped up after the Grenfell Tower fire to continue their work in the aftermath. The project aims to highlight local needs and create campaigns to combat them, champion the work of local charities raise funds from local people, businesses and schools for charities and community groups and encourage a better sense of community through bringing people together.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation
£100,000	10/01/2017 24	£100,000 over two years (2 x £50,000) to continue to pay the salary of the Head of Business and Community Together and some associated costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Relaunch of website and new brochure
£10,000	24/06/2010 12	The Kensington and Chelsea charity will use the funding to create a website and new brochure, raising awareness of the service they provide so that charities can access the help and advice they need ....more The Kensington and Chelsea charity will use the funding to create a website and new brochure, raising awareness of the service they provide so that charities can access the help and advice they need to secure funding for their projects.

Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

ABDI ADEN Appointed: 2020

ABDURAHMAN SAYED Appointed: 2020

CLARE MIRANDA FERGUSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeship: THE CMF CHARITABLE TRUST,

ESMA DUKALI Appointed: 2019

GIGI YACOUB Appointed: 2023

JAMES PARADISE Appointed: 2022

MARTIN WILLIAM HOWARD MORGAN Appointed: 2017

PETER WINSLOW Appointed: 2019

RICHARD BRIANCE Appointed: 2018

WILLIAM CHARLES HIGHMORE CRONE Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2008, number: 1125940

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

111-117 Lancaster Road
Ladbroke Grove
LONDON
W11 1QT

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources