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Registered charity · London

The King's Fund

The King's Fund is a registered charity (number 1126980) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Rt Hon Professor Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar since 2020. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £13m (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.kingsfund.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The King's Fund
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13m£21m
  • 2024£14m£20m
  • 2023£15m£19m
Earlier years
  • 2022£13m£18m
  • 2021£11m£16m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THE ALLEVIATION OF SICKNESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY WORKING WITH AND FOR HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH WORK WILL CONFER BENEFIT, WHETHER DIRECTLY OF INDIRECTLY, UPON HEALTHCARE IN LONDON.

Grants received

3 grants · £716,477 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £641,477 (2 grants)
  • Comic Relief · £75,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £464,7682018-07-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £176,7092017-03-22
  • Comic Relief £75,0002017-03-15
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.9y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 7Health and social care 5Other services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£13.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

150 from 143 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
2%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1126980
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER 30 JUNE 2008
Companies House
Company number RC000826 · Active
Contact on the register
02073072400 · website@kingsfund.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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