THE WATFORD FULLER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1062184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATFORD FULLER FOUNDATION

Making Education Grants to Watford Grammar School for Boys

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND AND OF ALL OTHER MONEY AND PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE PAID OR TRANSFERRED TO THEM UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME AND INCOME FROM THE ENDOWMENT FUND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE FACILITIES IN AUGMENTATION OF SUCH FACILITIES FINANCE BY THE STATUTORY BODY WHICH MAINTAINS THE SCHOOL FOR THE TIME BEING AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE THE TRUSTEES MAY UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SCHOOL AND FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF THE PUPILS.1. TO APPLY SUCH SUM OR SUMS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME FROM THE NET ANNUAL INCOME AND OR CAPITAL OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND IN SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL AND IN PARTICULAR TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE FABRIC AND AMENITIES OF THE SCHOOL.2. TO APPLY SUCH SUM OR SUMS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:1. IN AWARDING TO PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL GRANTS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL WHETHER IN THE UNITE KINGDOM OR ABROAD IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION;2. IN OTHERWISE FURTHERING THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS.3. TO APPLY SUCH SUM IN WHATEVER CHARITABLE WAYS THAT THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF THE SCHOOL AND THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF THE PUPILS AND STAFF AT THE SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: WATFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,067,604, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £1m. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £126,360 for the year, primarily driven by grant expenditures of £248,000 against total income of £170,250. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Myers Clark. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amlan Kumar Shome
• Andrew William Speirs
• MR TIM COSGROVE
• PAUL GERALD SHEARRING
• Peter Nunn
• Rajesh Gordhandas Dawda
• TIMOTHY SIMON CONSTABLE

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WOODROFFE BENTON FOUNDATION income £263k
• THE WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £70k
• THETFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUST income £79k
• WOOLF INSTITUTE income £835k
• THE WHITWORTH CENTRE income £140k
• The WFH Foundation income £88k

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