STANFORD TRUST

Registered charity 1022726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement and support of higher education by making donations to support colleges of further education or universities.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION BY MAKING DONATIONS TO SUPPORT COLLEGES OF FURTHER EDUCATION OR UNIVERSITIES IN PARTICULAR THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

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: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £0 at the end of the year, which is below its stated policy target of holding a minimum of £5,000. The trustees report that the charity operates with no employees and minimal overheads, resulting in a net expenditure for the year.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02826331

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BERENT, Jeanne Amelia — director, appointed 30/04/2026not on trustee list
• GOWERS, Bernard George, Dr — director, appointed 30/04/2026not on trustee list
• JAKSIC-ANDRADE, Ivan Vladimir, Dr — director, appointed 30/04/2026not on trustee list
• WANG, Jeff — director, appointed 30/04/2026not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ERIC CARL JONSSON
• HOWARD PEARSON
• JENNIFER GOOD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED.

• STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.0m
• THE SEKFORDE HOUSE TRUST income £96k
• STANFORD EDUCATION & CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £169k
• STUDLEY COLLEGE TRUST income £153k
• ST HILD AND ST BEDE TRUST income £296k
• RENTRUST FOUNDATION LIMITED income £168k

Side by side with its peers

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