COLONEL WILLIAM LLEWELLEN PALMER EDUCATIONAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1015681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To benefit children and young persons up to the age of 25 attending, or who have attended, schools in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire and for the provision of recreational facilities for the same age group in the town. Providing allotments and a recreation ground known as sladesbrook. Distributing awards.

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

Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£77k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 have undergone an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the trustees determined an audit was not required under the Charities Act 2011. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention giving reasonable cause to believe that accounting records were not kept or that the accounts did not comply with statutory requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bradford On Avon Town Council · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£117k	£77k
31/03/2024	£64k	£54k
31/03/2023	£64k	£54k
31/03/2022	£64k	£100k
31/03/2021	£46k	£41k

Common questions

Is COLONEL WILLIAM LLEWELLEN PALMER EDUCATIONAL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 have undergone an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the trustees determined an audit was not required under the Charities Act 2011. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention giving reasonable cause to believe that accounting records were not kept or that the accounts did not comply with statutory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH HILL CENTRE.

SOUTH HILL CENTRE income £567k
KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
WILLIAM PALMER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £260k
BEEDING AND BRAMBER PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £123k
DEVON CLOSE PRE-SCHOOL income £145k
POTTEN END PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £154k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLONEL WILLIAM LLEWELLEN PALMER EDUCATIONAL CHARITY	£117k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH HILL CENTRE FY2024	£567k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS YOU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM PALMER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£260k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEEDING AND BRAMBER PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DEVON CLOSE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£145k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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