The Ben Kinsella Trust’s registered activities focus on knife-crime awareness and educating children about its consequences.
This is a specialist prevention and education model. Compare it with organisations delivering a similar intervention and age-group focus. A broad children’s service has a different mix of work; the children’s cause review and NSPCC vs Barnardo’s comparison help separate those models.
The current financial panel and full profile use the refreshed source data. The September review also updates this article’s earlier score wording. The score describes selected filing-based measures, not demonstrated prevention of violence.
Evidence of delivery might include workshops, participants and repeat visits, each with a period and definition. Evidence of learning needs an assessment method. Evidence that an intervention reduces knife crime is a stronger claim requiring a suitable evaluation and consideration of other influences.
Ask about safeguarding, age-appropriate content, school booking arrangements and the geographical reach of current programmes. Read both the annual report and any cited evaluation before drawing conclusions about effectiveness.
Source: Charity Commission registration and annual reports, registration 1126612. Registered activities checked against the 6 September 2026 extract. Financial periods are shown separately in the profile.