SLOANE ROBINSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1068286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making organisation

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:- (1) TO FUND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BRITISH AND OVERSEAS STUDENTS TO STUDY AT BRITISH SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND FOR BRITISH STUDENTS TO STUDY OVERSEAS IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF LEARNING. (AT AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON LIBERAL ARTS AND ORTHODOX SCIENCES, BUT NOT RELIGION, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LANGUAGES. THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTION ON THE SUBJECTS WHICH CAN BE STUDIED AT POST-GRADUATE LEVEL. IN THE CASE OF FUNDING STUDY OVERSEAS THERE SHOULD BE AN EMPHASIS ON THE STUDY OF SUBJECTS IN WHICH THE COUNTRY CONCERNED OFFERS BETTER COURSES - E.G. CHINESE HISTORY IN CHINA.) (2) TO FUND FELLOWSHIPS AND PROFESSORSHIPS AT UNIVERSITIES AND PLACES OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR BOTH TEACHING AND RESEARCH. (EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON LIBERAL ARTS AND ORTHODOX SCIENCES, RATHER THAN RELIGION, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LANGUAGES. (3) TO FUND RESEARCH INTO CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY (E.G. PRISON POLICY, DECRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS, POPULATION ISSUES) ON CONDITION THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED AND PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL ENSURE THAT ANY SUCH RESEARCH WHICH THEY FUND AND THE RESULTS OF WHICH ARE PUBLISHED IS OBJECTIVE AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL NOT CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS IT APPLIES TO SUCH ISSUES. (4) TO FUND YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING TO ENHANCE THEIR CHARACTER AND UNDERSTANDING BY WORKING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON PROJECTS WHICH TRANSFER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO LOCAL PEOPLE. (B) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:- (1) TO FUND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF IMPROVED ACADEMIC FACILITIES INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDINGS, THE PROVISION OF FURNISHING AND EQUIPMENT AND THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS. (ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD FUNDS BE PROVIDED FOR THE PROVISION OF SPORTING FACILITIES AND THEN ONLY TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC. (2) TO FUND PROVISION OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION) FOR REHABILITATION AND OTHER FORMS OF TRAINING. (3) TO FUND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH IMPROVE THE LIVES OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHICH WILL BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ONCE THE COST OF ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN MET.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £16,154,075 in endowment funds with unrestricted reserves at £Nil, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet operating needs by transferring from the endowment. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BW Audit Limited. 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (69% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEBORAH FISHER · trustee of 7 other charities
• GEORGE EDWARD SILVANUS ROBINSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• HUGH PATRICK SLOANE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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