BEDALES GRANTS TRUST FUND

Registered charity 1036179 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B G T F

To provide grants to parents of pupils at Bedales School in need of financial aid to pay their tuition fees, with a preference for parents who were themselves pupils at the School

Objects

1) THE INCOME OF THE BEDALES GRANTS TRUST FUND SHALL BE APPLIED IN MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS TO PARENTS OF PUPILS OR INTENDING PUPILS OF BEDALES SCHOOL WHO STAND IN NEED OF FINANCIAL AID TO MAINTAIN SUCH PUPILS AT BEDALES SCHOOL AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE HEADMASTER, WHO SHALL GIVE OR WITHOLD HIS APPROVAL AS HE IN HIS DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT. 2) IN MAKING SUCH GRANTS OR LOANS PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO A PARENT OR PARENTS WHO WAS OR WERE A PUPIL OR PUPILS AT BEDALES SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE BEDALES SCHOOL, PETERSFIELD.

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

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Latest income

£157k

Latest spending

£269k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves decreased to £6,184,189 from £6,375,504 in the prior year, resulting in a net outgoing resource of £191,315. The trustees confirm that assets are sufficient to meet obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the value of the uncommitted reserves to continue providing the income necessary to fulfil the Trust's objects (held: £6.2m)

“The Trustees wish at least to maintain the value of the uncommitted reserves to continue providing the income necessary to fulfil the Trust's objects.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

CATHERINE ELIZABETH BAXANDALLchair
DENNIS FREDERICK ARCHER
Jonathan Marcus Reed
Josephine Ella JONATHAN
LYNN PEARCY
STEPHEN AUSTIN JOHN DAVIES

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£157k	£269k
31/08/2024	£184k	£278k
31/08/2023	£213k	£314k
31/08/2022	£166k	£315k
31/08/2021	£154k	£260k

Common questions

Is BEDALES GRANTS TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves decreased to £6,184,189 from £6,375,504 in the prior year, resulting in a net outgoing resource of £191,315. The trustees confirm that assets are sufficient to meet obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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 JOHN BADLEY FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE DOUBLE 'O' CHARITY LIMITED	1	£960

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEDALES SCHOOL.

BEDALES SCHOOL income £24.8m
ST BEDE'S SCHOOL TRUST SUSSEX income £36.2m
Bedford School Foundation Trust income £2.7m
THE CECIL GRANT FOUNDER'S TRUST FOR ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL income £133k
NICHOLAS CHAMBERLAINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £1.1m
GGS SCHOOL FUND income £331k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEDALES GRANTS TRUST FUND	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEDALES SCHOOL FY2025	£24.8m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
ST BEDE'S SCHOOL TRUST SUSSEX FY2025	£36.2m	£200,000 - £210,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Bedford School Foundation Trust FY2025	£2.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CECIL GRANT FOUNDER'S TRUST FOR ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NICHOLAS CHAMBERLAINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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