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Ricoh service unlocks funding to help The King’s Trust support more young people
Company introduction:
The King’s Trust (formerly The Prince’s Trust) is a UK-based charity that supports young people aged 11 to 30 through education, employment, and entrepreneurship programs. It has helped over a million young people since its founding in 1976, particularly those facing adversity, by building skills and confidence. Its impact includes reducing youth unemployment and contributing to social mobility across the UK and globally.
Challenge:
The King’s Trust faced mounting pressure to reduce administrative costs, modernise outdated print infrastructure, and balance digital transformation with the practical need for physical learning materials for young people. Their legacy printing system was inefficient, costly, and approaching end-of-life, making it a barrier to their mission of redirecting funds toward youth development.
The solution
Ricoh delivered a cost-saving Managed Print Service using 21 cloud-managed multi-function printers (MFPs) across 13 offices, replacing legacy systems and reducing devices from 49 to 21. This boosted efficiency, ensured secure, sustainable printing, and aligned with The Trust’s digital goals, allowing more resources to be focused on youth development, mentoring, and learning support.
“The King’s Trust’s partnership with Ricoh is enormously powerful. Not only does Ricoh help with funding, their print expertise adds value to what we do. The Ricoh Managed Print Service is saving us a significant amount over three years and that saving means we can support an extra 100 young people. We are lucky to be supported by businesses like Ricoh and the donations are hugely valuable but often it is some of the other things that partners can do that are even more valuable.”
Julia Beaumont
Chief Technology Officer, The King’s Trust
