THE DUCHESS'S HIGH SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1038646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOOST at The Duchess's Community High School

The Duchess's High School Trust shall exist for the purpose of advancing the education of the pupils by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities and resources for the education of the pupils at the school which would not be provided otherwise.

Objects

ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL

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.

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Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,517 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £63,735 and total expenditure of £54,218. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds stood at £8,523, while total charity funds were £44,558. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable 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 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Duchess's High School Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Henry Pierce
• Fiona Margaret Long · trustee of 1 other charity
• Florence Beatrice Bosanquet · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Isabel Keenan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katherine Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Dawn Charlton
• Rebecca Jane Morley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary May Bush · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shelly Hunt · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE DAIGLEN SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £1.6m
• THE EDGBASTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS income £13.1m
• DOLPHIN SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
• N D EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £27k
• THE DULWICH SOCIETY income £35k
• THE DOUGHTY CHARITY TRUST income £863k

Side by side with its peers

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