JOHN SCHOFIELD TRUST

Registered charity 1061065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JOHN SCHOFIELD MEMORIAL TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC052921 (OSCR)

To support the professional development of talented young broadcast and online journalists with fewer than five years' experience, through the provision of an annual award and a mentoring scheme.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DIVERSITY IN JOURNALISM

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £18,846 for the year, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £102,508. The trustees confirm that the charity maintains cash reserves in excess of three months' worth of operating costs, indicating adequate resources for continuing operations.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ayshah Tull
• Eileen Murphy
• Fergus Bell
• Holly Irwin
• JONATHAN KENNETH PATERSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jack Aldwinckle
• Markus Ickstadt
• Nicholas Phipps
• Rob Osborne
• Shaunagh Connaire
• Sunita Bhatti

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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