COMMONWEALTH GIRLS EDUCATION FUND (CGEF)

Registered charity 1048908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C C L EDUCATION FUND, COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES LEAGUE EDUCATION FUND, COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES LEAGUE EDUCATION FUND (CCLEF)

The CGEF provides sponsorship grants to girls for secondary or high school education in their own Commonwealth country in cases where this might otherwise not be possible. Support is tailored to the individual needs of each girl based on academic potential, merit and need.

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Latest income

£110k

Latest spending

£72k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £159,413 at the year end, which the trustees believe fulfills their policy of maintaining sufficient reserves to complete secondary schooling for all sponsored girls. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £90,101, driven by investment revaluation gains, and holds total net assets of £793,992.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to enable completion of secondary schooling for all girls sponsored at any one time (held: £159k)

“The reserves policy is to ensure that the CGEF has sufficient reserves to enable completion of secondary schooling for all girls sponsored at any one time” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Commonwealth Girls Education Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

St James's Place Foundation — “St James's Place Foundation” (source page)
Australia National Youth Trust — “Australia National Youth Trust” (source page)
Children’s Hope Foundation — “Children’s Hope Foundation” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

ROXANNE ST CLAIRchair
Bea Hemming
Clara Soto-Service
Evadney Campbell MBE
JAGRAVI UPADHYAY
Kitty Forster-Lewis
Ladi Mudakai Dariya MSc. ACMI
Noreen Burroughes-Cesareo
Rita Odumosu · trustee of 1 other charity
VIMAL SHAH

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£110k	£72k
31/03/2024	£116k	£92k
31/03/2023	£51k	£96k
31/03/2022	£58k	£80k
31/03/2021	£204k	£69k

Common questions

Is COMMONWEALTH GIRLS EDUCATION FUND (CGEF) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £159,413 at the year end, which the trustees believe fulfills their policy of maintaining sufficient reserves to complete secondary schooling for all sponsored girls. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £90,101, driven by investment revaluation gains, and holds total net assets of £793,992. 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 CADOGAN CHARITY	1	£60k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES FOUNDATION.

THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES FOUNDATION income £1.1m
SUPPORT TIFFIN GIRLS' SCHOOL COMPANY income £298k
THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST income £239k
CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £3.8m
GIRLS' EDUCATION COMPANY LTD income £36.2m
THE CECIL GRANT FOUNDER'S TRUST FOR ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL income £133k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMMONWEALTH GIRLS EDUCATION FUND (CGEF)	£110k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
SUPPORT TIFFIN GIRLS' SCHOOL COMPANY FY2025	£298k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£239k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHAIGELEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
GIRLS' EDUCATION COMPANY LTD FY2025	£36.2m	£220,001 - £230,000	—	below	—	no doubt

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