THE THOMPSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1060745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Thompson Educational Trust was set up in February 1997 with the aim of providing funding for the advancement of the education of young people, particularly in the areas of medical research, science, literature, music and sport.

Objects

[A] THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIP, EXHIBITIONS AND BURSARIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTY TO ENABLE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE,MUSIC AND SPORT; AND[B] THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS, BY MAKING GRANTS OR OTHERWISE, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;AND [C] THE PROMOTION OF SPORT AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH EDUCATION.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,332,952 to £1,320,186 due to a net investment loss of £17,559, despite a net incoming resource from operations of £4,793. The trustees confirm the charity can continue as a going concern with adequate cash resources. No staff were employed and no trustee remuneration was paid during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• EMMA CATHARINE ROBARTS
• LUCINDA MARY APPLEBY

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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