SPILSBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1043808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides financial assistance to local schools which is not provided by local authority sources.Gives financial support to former pupils of local schools when they go on to further (post 18 education) or take up formal apprenticeships or registered vocational training at post 16 years level)

Objects

(A) IN OR TOWARDS PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY OR ANY SUCCESSOR SCHOOL IN SPILSBY AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AGREED BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE SCHOOL;(B) IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN OR NEAR SPILSBY OR WHO HAVE A PARENT OR PARENTS SO RESIDENT WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME ATTENDED AS A PUPIL AT A SCHOOL IN OR NEAR SPILSBY AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING – (I) IN AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE TRUSTEE;(II) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, OR TO PREPARE TO ENTER A PROFESSION, TRADES, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT;(C) IN OR TOWARDS PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ANY SCHOOL IN OR NEAR SPILSBY AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AGREED BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE SCHOOL CONCERNED;(D) IN AWARDING PRIZES OR OTHER SUITABLE REWARDS OR MARKS OF DISTINCTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING THE SAID KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY OR ANY SUCCESSOR SCHOOL IN SPILSBY IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ACADEMIC, ARTISTIC, CREATIVE, MORAL OR PHYSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS. (2) WITHIN THE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY THIS SCHEME THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE FULL POWER TO MAKE RULES FOR THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES AND OTHER BENEFITS, INCLUDING RULES AS TO THE VALUE AND PERIOD OF TENURE OF THE AWARDS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, METHOD OF ASCERTAINMENT AND SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: IN OR NEAR SPILSBY

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: East Lindsey, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Spilsby Grammar School Foundation reported an unrestricted fund balance of £1,599,636 as of 31 March 2026, a decrease from £1,735,392 in the previous year. The foundation's primary income source is investment income, which totaled £62,686 in the year, supporting grants to local schools and former pupils. The accounts were independently examined by Haines Watts, who issued an unqualified statement.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINA ANN HOLMESchair
• DAVID JOHN SISSON
• Julie Rajput
• MARGARET REEVE
• Max Harvey Gibson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Thorold

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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