THE KING'S FOUNDATION
Founded by King Charles III, the charity focuses on traditional urban design, architecture, and sustainability education while acting as the custodian for historic estates such as Dumfries House and Highgrove Gardens.
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Cash
£33m
+17.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£149m
+5.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8.3m
-7% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-16.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £26,078,335 | £37,365,310 | £38,774,743 | +3.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £8,899,669 | £8,280,323 | -7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £8,899,669 | £8,280,323 | -7% | |
| Net profit | £518,443 | £8,899,669 | £8,280,323 | -7% | |
| Cash | £20,077,438 | £28,377,653 | £33,423,324 | +17.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £141,112,178 | £149,382,477 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £132,202,485 | £141,102,154 | £149,382,477 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £132,202,485 | £141,102,154 | £149,382,477 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 439 | 457 | — | — | |
| Wages | £9,070,462 | £10,235,819 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £119,501 | £169,811 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 23.8% | 21.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 23.8% | 21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.3% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.67x | 3.70x | 4.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | 98.25x | — |
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.
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
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
- Dumfries House Trust Trading Limited 100%
- Dumfries House Home Farm Limited 100%
- Dumfries Farming and Land Limited 100%
- The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust 100%
- AG Carrick Limited 100%
- The Prince's Regeneration Trust 100%
- The King's Foundation America, Inc. 100%
- Castle and Gardens of Mey Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLERIDGE, Nicholas David, Sir | Director | 2026-06-22 | Mar 1957 | British |
| 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
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.