WHITECROFT EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1059446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of buildings for education uses.

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AGES 5 TO 18 IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THEIR PARENTS TO ENABLE SUCH CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT OTHERWISE THAN AT SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944 AND 1993 2) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BRETHREN

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £1,664 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,583,773. The trustees consider the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, noting that the trading subsidiary Novus Trading Limited ceased trading during the year.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (75% 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: 73.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Connor Gibson Mitchellchair
• George Ashton Turner
• Gerard Mark Leflaive
• Peter Karl Small
• Reuben Scott Holley

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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