2023 Free

The Prince's Trust Impact Report 2022/23

The Prince's Trust is one of the UK's leading youth charities, supporting young people aged 11-30 who are unemployed or struggling at school to develop the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn. Founded in 1976 by HM The King, the Trust has now helped over one million young people. In 2022/23, it supported 66,928 young people across 72,290 course places, with three in four moving into work, education or training on completion. 35% of new participants lived in the most deprived communities. Programmes span education, employability, enterprise and financial grants (Development Awards). The Trust also worked with partner charities to support a further 32,000 young people internationally through Prince's Trust Canada, Australia, International and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Report snapshot
113 Views

About

Education programmes (Achieve, Mosaic, Enterprise Challenge); employability programmes (Team, Explore, Get Started, Get into, Health & Social Care); Enterprise programme for aspiring business founders; Development Awards (financial grants); Get into Digital and Digital Skills Festivals; nature and conservation courses; refugee and asylum seeker bespoke programmes Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 66,928 young people supported across 72,290 course places in 2022/23, with three in four moving into work, education or training after completing a programme
Key Metric 2 35% of young people new to The Trust in 2022/23 were living in the most deprived communities across the UK; 29% had experienced a mental health challenge
Key Metric 3 3,420 corporate volunteers engaged — an increase of 1,120 on the previous year — collectively supporting more than 8,000 young people across the UK

Key Outcomes

  • Around 70% of young people improved their confidence, communication and ability to set and achieve goals while on a Prince's Trust programme, with more than 15,800 qualifications awarded in 2022/23 alone and over one million young people helped since the charity was founded in 1976
  • Support to refugee communities doubled in the financial year, with nine in ten young people in this group living in the most deprived areas of the UK — reflecting the Trust's expanded place-based strategy targeting areas of highest youth unemployment, deprivation and diversity
  • More than 1,000 young people developed skills for tech sector careers through Get into Digital programmes, with the Trust also launching Digital Skills Festivals and nature and conservation courses aligned to green economy career pathways

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
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)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
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
Impact Snapshot
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
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
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