THISTLEDOWN EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1046192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PROVISION OF BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND GRANTS FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS WHO WISH TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN. A) OTHERWISE THAN AT SCHOOL WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944 -88 B) BEYOND COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE. C) WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES. (2) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHETHER EDUCATIONAL OR OTHERWISE CONNECTED WITH THE BRETHREN

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, NORTH HANTS AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE

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

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

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net deficit of £141,145 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Despite this deficit and net current liabilities for the parent charity, the group held net current assets of £89,794 and unrestricted reserves of £4,836,533, which the trustees consider sufficient to mitigate short to medium-term risks. The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by mca Banbury Ltd. 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 26/01/2023, 87 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (95% 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: 89.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jake Melvin · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Beesley
• Joseph Diffey
• MARCUS GILL
• Warwick Melvin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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