SCHUMACHER COLLEGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1057915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCHUMACER COLLEGE FOUNDATION

Raising funds for Schumacher College

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Latest income

£370k

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £(671,265), representing a deficit. However, the trustees confirm that this deficit is primarily due to an amount due to the parent charity, which has agreed not to seek settlement while the deficit exists, allowing the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-671k)

“General reserves at 28 February 2025 were £(671,265) (2023: £24,954).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Dartington Hall Trust administered the Schumacher College Foundation during the period at no charge and paid some of its administration costs for which no reimbursement was required.

“The Dartington Hall Trust (a registered charity) administered the Schumacher College Foundation during the period at no charge and paid some of its administration costs for which no reimbursement was required.” — page 19

“The charity made grants to The Dartington Hall Trust of £nil (2023: £1,025,574) during the period.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity made grants to The Dartington Hall Trust of £nil during the period.

“The Dartington Hall Trust (a registered charity) administered the Schumacher College Foundation during the period at no charge and paid some of its administration costs for which no reimbursement was required.” — page 19

“The charity made grants to The Dartington Hall Trust of £nil (2023: £1,025,574) during the period.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees P Cenkl, M Nasseri and S Kumar were remunerated by The Dartington Hall Trust.

“The Dartington Hall Trust (a registered charity) administered the Schumacher College Foundation during the period at no charge and paid some of its administration costs for which no reimbursement was required.” — page 19

“The charity made grants to The Dartington Hall Trust of £nil (2023: £1,025,574) during the period.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Satish Kumar Foundation — “Supported by the Satish Kumar Foundation .” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Total income

£892k

Total spending

£802k

Cost of raising funds

£35

Reserves (reported)

£32k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Cedric Bell
Robert Fedder

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£370k	£1.5m
31/08/2023	£134k	£1.0m
31/08/2022	£892k	£802k
31/08/2021	£98k	£604k
31/08/2020	£160k	£433k

Common questions

Is SCHUMACHER COLLEGE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £(671,265), representing a deficit. However, the trustees confirm that this deficit is primarily due to an amount due to the parent charity, which has agreed not to seek settlement while the deficit exists, allowing the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

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 TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£225k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
The Brindle Foundation	1	£14k
DAVID FORBES-NIXON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£11k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
HERMES TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION.

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION income £3.2m
CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £171k
THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £506k
THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION income £322k
SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
MICHAEL HALL SCHOOL income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCHUMACHER COLLEGE FOUNDATION	£370k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£171k	—	0	below	0.1%	no doubt
THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£506k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION FY2025	£322k	—	0	unclear	1.5%	no doubt
SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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