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Impact Report 2024/25

The King's Trust Group supports young people into education, employment and enterprise across the UK and, through King's Trust International, in 23 further countries. In 2024/25 it supported 91,000 young people in total, with over 70% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieving a positive outcome such as work, training or self-employment. Note: figures combine UK delivery (67,368 young people) with substantial international programmes.

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Education programmes for 11-19 year olds struggling in mainstream education; Employment programmes building skills and experience for job-seeking young people; Enterprise programmes supporting business start-ups; delivery through schools, employers and mentors globally via King's Trust International

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2 Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3 Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery

Key Outcomes

  • In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
  • 70% of UK young people supported reported improvements in communication, confidence and goal-setting skills
  • King's Trust International supported over 20,000 young people through 32 partner organisations across more than 20 countries

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International

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440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
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140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
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55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
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45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
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95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
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851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
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27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
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94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni
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2,807 referrals received for direct work across the whole organisation in 2024/25
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7,402 individual contacts with children and young people through the Mental Health Support Team (MHST)
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MHST referral-to-assessment waiting times reduced from 217 days (July 2024) to 49 days (March 2025)
93% of children and young people gave positive feedback on their Mental Health Support Team experience