Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION TRUST

Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust is a charity which supports schools and pupils within the Knowledge Schools Trust, a state-funded, Multi-Academy Trust.The Foundation Trust raises money to pay for the those parts of the schools' facilities, resources and activities not paid for by the DfE, such as the Co-curricular programmes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£161£141£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£142£147£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£129£132£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£130£121£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£376£171£206n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£136£133£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£136£171£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£91£98£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£80£51£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£76£23£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£82£47£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£55£43£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

http://www.knowledgeschoolsfoundationtrust.or

foundationtrust@ks-ft.org

07796443115

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to West London Free School
£5,000 29/09/2022
Y8 Theatre Trip and Workshops "A Christmas Carol" Charles Dickens
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to West London Free School
£3,900 18/09/2021
Y8 Theatre Trip to see "A Christmas Carol"
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/09/2017
Extra-Curricular Activities for All

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-78
  • ALEXANDER CONABEARE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing And Digital
  • DEE PURDY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: It Process And Programme Manager
  • JULIAN PHILIP GRANVILLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • KATHRYN ANNE COOPER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Communications And Governance Manager
  • SHARON ROBINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • SUSANNAH MARY FORD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer
  • THOMAS NEWMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2010, number: 1138194
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/06/2010, number: 07292254
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

8 Finstock Road
LONDON
W10 6LT

Objectives

The Trust's objects (the Objects) are to advance for the public benefit education in the United Kingdom, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing by promoting the establishment maintenance, carrying on, management and development of The Knowledge Schools Trust and any of its academies (the Academy).

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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