THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES

Charity Number: 1132048
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Foundation is a philanthropic investor in three key areas, both in the United Kingdom and overseas: helping disadvantaged young people, supporting military veterans and their families, and promoting sustainable development.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 October 2009: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE ROYAL FOUNDATION (Working name)
  • THE FOUNDATION OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY (Previous name)
  • THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE (Previous name)
  • THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND PRINCE HARRY (Previous name)
  • THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Simon Iain Patterson Chair 07 December 2016
None on record
Sir David John Lewis Trustee 20 June 2024
WWF - UK
Received: On time
Ian John Patrick Trustee 04 March 2024
None on record
Thomas Garry White Trustee 19 February 2024
None on record
PIPPA HARRIS Trustee 28 September 2023
THE CHARLESTON TRUST (BLOOMSBURY IN SUSSEX)
Received: On time
Sir Rohinton Minoo Kalifa Trustee 24 June 2021
None on record
Zeinab Mohammed-Khair Badawi-Malik Trustee 23 September 2020
None on record
Alice Webb Trustee 17 June 2020
None on record
Claire Jessica Wills Trustee 27 June 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £6.68m £11.78m £20.43m £10.10m £7.97m
Total expenditure £9.34m £9.16m £16.36m £14.97m £8.65m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £50.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £6.61m £11.62m £19.95m £9.57m £6.50m
Income - Other trading activities £32.80k £140.27k £442.43k £221.94k £13.13k
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £37.27k £10.11k £464 £68.50k £168.17k
Income - Other £0 £50.60k £36.49k £236.87k £1.29m
Income - Legacies £0 £1.46k £183.07k £13.69k £5.66k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £8.16m £8.35m £15.13m £14.15m £7.50m
Expenditure - Raising funds £1.19m £808.66k £1.23m £814.77k £1.15m
Expenditure - Governance £205.32k £135.12k £140.93k £173.37k £131.61k
Expenditure - Grants institution £4.10m £3.73m £6.03m £7.03m £558.28k
Expenditure - Investment management £7.76k £4.91k £4.68k £4.57k £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £23.79k £17.53k £28.64k £55.94k £131.09k
Long-term investments £2.52m £2.64m £2.85m £1.77m £3.16m
Other assets £3.73m £6.24m £16.33m £6.45m £4.54m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £805.26k £687.57k £6.71m £750.81k £880.58k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 14 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 14 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 07 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 07 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 02 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 02 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 03 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 03 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 01 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 01 July 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
KENSINGTON PALACE
PALACE GREEN
LONDON
W8 4PU
Phone:
02071012963