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THE OLD WELLINGTONIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1009980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charitable Trust helps pupils and former pupils of Wellington College. It offers prizes and other awards to current pupils, has the opportunity to help former pupils in cases of extreme hardship and helps young leavers with enterprising schemes to support less privileged communities in other countries.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THE AWARD OF SCHOOL ACADEMIC SPORTS AND OTHER PRIZES AND EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AWARDS OR BURSARIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT THEIR DISCRETION DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £1,028,061, with net income for the year rising to £34,125 from £22,185 in the previous period. The Trust reports a key risk regarding a potential reduction in income affecting its ability to meet grant costs, which influences its reserves policy. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: forecasting liabilities as each new award is made and ensuring that aggregated liabilities remain within forecast income over the timescale of awards (held: £1.0m)
“The reserves policy depends on forecasting liabilities as each new award is made and ensuring that aggregated liabilities remain within forecast income over the timescale of awards.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The key risk lies in a reduction of income leading to an inability to meet the costs of grants, scholarships and bursaries that have been made. This risk is currently assessed as being of potentially high impact but low likelihood, but is reflected as the major factor of the Trust’s reserves policy.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Secretary of the Old Wellingtonian Society acts ex officio as Secretary to the Trust.
“Requests for awards are submitted to the Secretary of the Old Wellingtonian Society, who also, ex officio, acts as Secretary to the Old Wellingtonian Society Charitable Trust.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£66k£32k
31/07/2024£59k£37k
31/07/2023£40k£43k
31/07/2022£41k£29k
31/07/2021£39k£24k

Common questions

Is THE OLD WELLINGTONIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £1,028,061, with net income for the year rising to £34,125 from £22,185 in the previous period. The Trust reports a key risk regarding a potential reduction in income affecting its ability to meet grant costs, which influences its reserves policy. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.