CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1006429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Trust is the advancement of education at Cheltenham College and Cheltenham College Preparatory School. The accounts incorporate a number of Bursary, Scholarship and Prize funds to sponsor pupils at Cheltenham College. The Trust also collects and administers funds raised for both enhancing existing and creating new facilities at the College.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£85k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was performed by Crowe U.K. LLP in accordance with auditing standards. The auditor's report confirms that the audit work was undertaken to provide an opinion to the charity's trustees as required by regulations. No specific financial health metrics or going concern uncertainties are detailed in this excerpt.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~198.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.5m£85k
31/08/2024£330k£212k
31/08/2023£429k£108k
31/08/2022£239k£65k
31/08/2021£107k£142k

Common questions

Is CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that an independent audit was performed by Crowe U.K. LLP in accordance with auditing standards. The auditor's report confirms that the audit work was undertaken to provide an opinion to the charity's trustees as required by regulations. No specific financial health metrics or going concern uncertainties are detailed in this excerpt. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHELTENHAM TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHARITABLE TRUST£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHELTENHAM TRUST FY2025£8.3m—0unclear—no doubt
CHELTENHAM COLLEGE AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FY2025£41.7m£190,001 - £200,000—unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m——below—no doubt
GARFIELD WESTON TRUST FOR WESTMINSTER ABBEY FY2023£1.0m——unclear—no doubt
MALTMAN'S GREEN SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.9m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.