Kings Heath Secondary School Charity Trust
Charity 1193299
Overview
Summary
Kings Heath Secondary School Charity Trust appears to be a school-linked enhancement fund rather than an independent education provider. Its role is to add flexible charitable resources to a state-funded school, supporting educational, recreational and related opportunities beyond core Department for Education and Birmingham City Council provision. The available evidence suggests a close, possibly exclusive relationship with Kings Heath Secondary School, which has recently become co-educational. This gives the trust potential strategic importance in helping the school extend opportunities as its pupil community changes.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Billesley
Confidence: low
The trust's stated activity is financial support for Kings Heath Secondary School. The available evidence describes a single, school-centred focus, but does not independently establish ward-level operational activity.
- Charity Commission register, Kings Heath Secondary School Charity Trust (charity 1193299)
The charity states that it provides financial support to Kings Heath Boys' School/Secondary School to enhance pupils' education beyond provision funded by the Department for Education and Birmingham City Council. Its registered contact address is Kings Heath Secondary School, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council, Kings Heath Secondary School directory record
The council records Kings Heath Secondary School in Birmingham and identifies its ward as Billesley.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission categorises the charity as operating in Birmingham City, but the available activity description identifies only support to Kings Heath Secondary School. This does not by itself demonstrate citywide service delivery.
- The trust does not own or lease land or property according to the Charity Commission, so the school should be understood as the beneficiary school and charity contact location, rather than a separately owned trust facility.
- The school says it works with partner primary schools, but the available evidence does not identify those schools or show that the charity itself funds or delivers activity through those partnerships.
- The latest filed annual return, for the year ending 31 March 2025, records zero income and zero expenditure. This limits confidence about the scale of active charitable funding after that reporting period, although the charity remains registered and reporting up to date.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustee report, grant record or school statement specifying projects funded by the trust since 1 April 2025.
- Evidence identifying whether any trust-funded activity is delivered away from the school site.
- Details of any named partner organisations or schools receiving material trust-funded support.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Other Finance
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A supplementary resource for a public school
The trust appears designed to fund opportunities that fall outside ordinary public education budgets, rather than to duplicate the school's core provision.
Why it matters
This positions the trust as a source of discretionary capacity: it may enable experiences, facilities or forms of support that are harder to secure through statutory funding alone.
Show evidence
“The charity provides financial support to Kings Heath Boys' School for activities beyond those funded by the Department for Education and Birmingham City Council.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include providing or assisting educational, recreational and other charitable facilities in augmentation of facilities financed by the Department for Education.”
Source:Charity Commission
The trust's identity may lag behind the school it supports
There is a notable transition between the charity's continuing reference to a boys' school and the school's public identity as co-educational. This may indicate that the trust's formal wording, history or governance has not yet visibly caught up with the school's changing community.
Why it matters
It raises a useful question about whether the trust's purpose, communications and funding priorities are fully aligned with all current pupils and the school's evolving needs.
Show evidence
“The objects refer to the pupils of Kings Heath Boys and call it the school.”
Source:Charity Commission“Kings Heath Secondary School states that it is now a co-educational school welcoming both boys and girls.”
Source:Organisation
An embedded partner rather than a broad community grant-maker
The available evidence suggests the trust is focused on one institution and its pupils, with little indication of direct delivery or wider geographic grant-making.
Why it matters
Understanding this narrow operating model helps distinguish the trust from general youth charities: its value is likely shaped by its relationship with school leadership, governors and pupil priorities.
Show evidence
“The charity helps children and young people through other finance.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides financial support to Kings Heath Boys' School.”
Source:Charity Commission“The school identifies a headteacher and a chair of governors.”
Source:Organisation
- What the trust has funded recently, and whether funding reaches all pupil groups equitably.
- Whether its governing documents and public identity have been updated following the school's move to co-education.
- How trustees identify priorities and coordinate with school leadership and governors.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and grant records showing funded activities, amounts and intended outcomes.
- Trustee details, governing documents and evidence of how the trust engages current pupils, families and school leaders.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity provides financial support to Kings Heath Boys' School to enhance the education of the pupils in the broadest sense for activities beyond those funded by the Department for Education and Birmingham City Council.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE KINGS HEATH BOYS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE SCHOOL) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE FACILITIES IN AUGMENTATION OF SUCH FACILITIES FINANCED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECTIVE, BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES MAY UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SCHOOL AND FURTHER THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF THE PUPILS.