THE KING'S FOUNDATION — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-16 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-02

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£28M

+41.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£141M

+6.7% vs 2024

Employees

457

+4.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2025-03-31

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

THE KING'S FOUNDATION 2023-12-11 → present
THE PRINCE'S FOUNDATION 2018-04-03 → 2023-12-11
THE GREAT STEWARD OF SCOTLAND'S DUMFRIES HOUSE TRUST 2007-10-02 → 2018-04-03

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

THE KING'S FOUNDATION·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£26,078,335	£37,365,310
Operating profit	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—
Net profit	£518,443	£8,899,669
Cash	£20,077,438	£28,377,653
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—
Net assets	£132,202,485	£141,102,154
Equity	£132,202,485	£141,102,154
Average employees	439	457
Wages	£9,070,462	£10,235,819

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Net margin	2.0%	23.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	0.0%	0.0%
Current ratio	2.67x	3.70x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Saffery LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern given current balances at bank, donor pipeline and the availability of bank overdraft facility.”

Group structure

THE KING'S FOUNDATION · parent
1. Dumfries House Trust Trading Limited · Scotland · commercial activities at Dumfries House and New Cumnock
2. Dumfries House Home Farm Limited · Scotland · farming activities and owns land surrounding the Dumfries House estate
3. Dumfries Farming and Land Limited · Great Britain and England and Wales · owns land that is intended for residential development purposes
4. The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust · Scotland · preservation of buildings and monuments with historical importance and architectural interest
5. Castle and Gardens of Mey Limited · Great Britain and Scotland · operates The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust's commercial activities
6. AG Carrick Limited · Great Britain and England and Wales · organic food and lifestyle products through its two shops and online sales
7. Community Capital Limited · Great Britain and England and Wales · previously offered building consultancy services. This entity is now dormant.
8. The Prince's Regeneration Trust · England and Wales · charity that previously worked with communities to ensure that important buildings at risk of demolition or decay are preserved, regenerated and re-used. This charity is now dormant.
9. The Prince's School of Traditional Arts · England and Wales · advancement of education in the practice and application of the traditional arts and architecture. This charity is now dormant.
10. The Prince's Foundation for Building Community · England and Wales · promotion of sustainable development and advancement education. This charity is now dormant.
11. The King's Foundation America, Inc. · New York · US corporation formed under the not-for-profit Corporation Law

Significant events

“In October 2023, The Prince's Foundation (as it then was) was given His Majesty's permission to rename the charity The King's Foundation, in recognition of His Majesty's long term commitment to, and support for, our work.”
“The charity's Royal Founding President, His Majesty The King, launched our 35th anniversary celebrations in January at the charity's headquarters, Dumfries House, together with students, staff, volunteers, alumni, and ambassadors. This milestone occasion in the charity's history was marked by the creation of a time capsule to be buried on the Dumfries House estate at the end of the year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 33 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DE GAY, Sarah	Director	2021-10-12	Apr 1965	British
HILARY, Rosemary	Director	2021-06-21	May 1955	British
JARY, Michael Keith	Director	2021-06-21	Jun 1963	British
MANSON, Alexander Philip	Director	2022-07-11	Dec 1961	British
MARCHETTI, Federico	Director	2021-06-21	Feb 1969	Italian
MESSENGER, Gordon Kenneth, General Sir	Director	2024-04-01	Apr 1962	British
OYELEYE, Folarin	Director	2022-12-05	Jun 1981	British
PAYNE, Julian James Richard	Director	2023-04-01	Nov 1972	British
STEPHENSON, Helen Mary, Dame	Director	2024-12-05	Dec 1960	British
VENTERS, Ewan Andrew	Director	2022-03-15	Aug 1972	British

Show 33 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DOUGLAS, Helen	Secretary	2012-01-24	2012-09-30
DUNSMUIR, Kenneth	Secretary	2014-12-01	2021-03-23
FERRAR, Leslie Jane	Secretary	2007-10-02	2012-01-24
BIRD, Rufus	Director	2014-10-05	2020-10-10
BROWNLOW, David, Lord	Director	2013-04-01	2017-06-29
BRUCE, Sue	Director	2018-04-01	2024-12-31
BUTE, John Colum, Marquess	Director	2007-11-12	2010-01-06
CATOR, Charles Henry	Director	2013-04-05	2018-12-17
CONNELL, Douglas Andrew	Director	2016-10-01	2021-09-15
DUNK, Heather	Director	2014-02-13	2021-03-23
FERRAR, Leslie Jane	Director	2010-10-25	2012-12-31
GADHIA, Jayne-Anne	Director	2015-12-03	2021-03-23
GIBSON, John Mark	Director	2007-10-30	2010-12-31
GRANT, Stuart Morrison	Director	2009-05-05	2010-10-25
GREEN, David Gregory, Sir	Director	2018-09-15	2019-06-20
GRIMSHAW, Stewart	Director	2007-11-12	2011-12-31
GROSSART, Angus Mcfarlane Mcleod, Sir	Director	2007-11-12	2015-12-03
HOOPER, James Cecil William	Director	2018-09-15	2021-10-12
IVORY, Brian Gammell, Sir	Director	2009-12-15	2017-06-22
KNOX, James Richard Dunsmuir	Director	2007-11-12	2014-07-03
LAKE, Carol Ann	Director	2021-06-21	2021-10-12
LEES, Fiona Barbara	Director	2007-11-12	2015-12-03
LIMB, Ann Geraldine, Dame	Director	2021-06-21	2025-12-31
LOVIE, Robert Gordon	Director	2015-12-03	2017-08-01
MARCUS, Ian	Director	2018-04-01	2021-03-23
PEAT, Michael, Sir	Director	2007-10-02	2011-07-27
RICHARDS, George	Director	2018-09-15	2024-12-31
ROBERTS, Hugh Ashley, Sir	Director	2007-11-12	2014-07-03
VEREY, David John, Sir	Director	2007-11-12	2009-02-03
WEATHERALL, Edward Percy Keswick	Director	2007-11-12	2010-06-07
WILLIAMS, Manon	Director	2007-10-02	2009-12-15
WINDHAM, Ashe George Russell	Director	2019-01-01	2022-03-15
WINDMILL, David Michael	Director	2007-11-12	2015-12-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 141 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-12-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
2023-12-11 NE01 Change of name exemption
2023-12-11 CONNOT Change of name notice

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-01-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-12-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-04-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-12-11	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company
2023-12-11	NE01	change-of-name	Change of name exemption
2023-12-11	CONNOT	change-of-name	Change of name notice
2023-10-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-04-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-02-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-10-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-03-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+43.3%

£26,078,335 £37,365,310
Cash

+41.3%

£20,077,438 £28,377,653
Net assets

+6.7%

£132,202,485 £141,102,154
Employees

+4.1%

439 457
Wages

+12.8%

£9,070,462 £10,235,819

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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