The King's Fund

Analysis

The King's Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The King's Fund reported income of £13.3m and spending of £20.6m, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11.4m to £13.3m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The King's Fund sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity (£13.3m), North England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists (£13.3m) and St Catherine's Hospice Limited (£13.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 41%, trading 36% and investments 21%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £49k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 5.9%. Reserves of £59.0m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 143 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.