Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated aim is to widen access to education and stable care for care-experienced children and young people from low-income families, so work that supports them through school placements, bursaries, family-based care or mentoring fits most directly.
- Its application guidance describes community partner organisations applying with a form and evidence of their support costs, but its funding summary says it is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so check with the foundation before sending anything.
- No grant range is stated, and the single £1,886,464 total paid may include grants to individuals, so build any request around documented costs rather than an assumed amount.
- For bursary places, applications must be completed by June of the year before transition, so plan well ahead.
- Because the foundation works closely with local authorities, schools and community organisations, an early enquiry is likely to matter more than a cold application.
Overview
Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1167491).
The Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales that works with the UK's state boarding and independent schools to widen access to fully-funded bursary places, teaching expertise and facilities for children who are vulnerable or come from under-served communities. It began as an orphanage supporting vulnerable children. Its giving is organised across three programmes, each serving a different cohort, and it paid £1,886,464 in its latest annual report. Typically, 90% of the costs of school fees and essential extras for fully-funded placements are met by the schools themselves.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation works to widen access to education and stable care for care-experienced children and young people from low-income families and communities where opportunities are limited. Through school placements, it works with state boarding and independent schools to widen access to fully funded bursary places, and with local authorities and community organisations to identify, prepare and support pupils and families. Its care-pathways work supports family-based care arrangements, including foster, kinship and guardianship care, where school places can strengthen stability. It also offers structured mentoring, career guidance and pathways to apprenticeships for care-experienced young people moving from school towards higher education and employment. Community partner organisations can receive grants towards the costs of supporting pupils. The foundation describes its approach as collaborative and child-centred, matching young people’s needs and interests to suitable school environments.
Themes
- Education bursaries
- Care-experienced young people
- Low-income families
- Care stability
- Higher education and employment
Geographic Focus
The UK.
How to apply
Community partner organisations can apply for grants towards their support costs by completing an application form and providing evidence of those costs. For school-placement support, children’s-services professionals can make an enquiry about a young person; the foundation works with local authorities, schools and community organisations around placement options.
Application windows:
- Bursary programme: Applications must be completed by June of the year before transition.
What to send:
- An application form and evidence of the costs for which financial assistance is sought.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Accredited schools are expected to promote attachment- and trauma-informed practice throughout the school community.
- Accredited schools are expected to share resources and guidance on supporting transformational bursary award holders.
- Partner schools support award holders with fees and a budget for essential extras.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 July 2021 | £2,417,907 | £2,922,256 | £118,519 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2021 |
| year to 31 July 2022 | £2,435,304 | £2,903,673 | £146,541 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2022 |
| year to 31 July 2023 | £2,643,085 | £2,961,744 | £141,251 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2023 |
| year to 31 July 2024 | £3,677,882 | £3,061,170 | £174,564 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2024 |
| year to 31 July 2025 | £2,991,849 | £3,110,730 | £1,886,464 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 July 2021; year to 31 July 2022; year to 31 July 2023; year to 31 July 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- royalspringboard.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- royalspringboard.org.uk/school-partnerships · read on 30 October 2026
- royalspringboard.org.uk/care-pathways · read on 30 October 2026
- royalspringboard.org.uk/springforward · read on 30 October 2026
- royalspringboard.org.uk/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- royalspringboard.org.uk/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 July 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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