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Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust
Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust is a registered charity (number 1138194) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Alexander Conabeare since 2024. Latest income £179k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Wlfs Foundation Trust (Charity Commission)
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...
- 6 trustees
- Income £179k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
- Website
- www.knowledgeschoolsfoundationtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£179k£173k
- 2024£145k£130k
- 2023£161k£141k
Earlier years
- 2022£142k£147k
- 2021£129k£132k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
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").
Grants received
5 grants · £81,600 total360Giving 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
- John Lyon's Charity · £71,600 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alexander Conabeare Chair since 2024
- Dee Purdy since 2017
- Julian Philip Granville since 2018
- Kathryn Anne Cooper since 2018
- Sharon Robinson since 2023
- Susannah Mary Ford since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Dee Purdy since 2017
- Julian Philip Granville since 2018
- Kathryn Anne Cooper since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alexander Conabeare Chair since 2024
- Dee Purdy since 2017
- Julian Philip Granville since 2018
- Kathryn Anne Cooper since 2018
- Susannah Mary Ford since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Sharon Robinson since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1138194
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 JUNE 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24 JUL 2017 as amended on 11 Sept 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 07292254 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 8600 0670 · foundationtrust@ks-ft.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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