MEDESHAMSTEDE EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1071840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education of children and young people from ages 7-18.

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Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £122,273 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,667,261. The trustees maintain a policy of holding six months' unrestricted expenditure in reserves, a target which the current reserves significantly exceed. The group reported a net deficit of £63,856, primarily due to the cessation of trading activities by its subsidiary, Nexus Team Limited.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.7m)

“The charity's policy is to maintain minimum free reserves at a level which equates to six months' unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Gift Aid from subsidiary

“£176,047 (2024 : £340,427) was received by the Charity from the subsidiary under gift aid.” — page 30

“During the year Medeshamstede made payments totalling £1,596.54 to a related party, Able Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies Ltd (of which Myles Cook is a director) in relation to their email renewal.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to director's company

“£176,047 (2024 : £340,427) was received by the Charity from the subsidiary under gift aid.” — page 30

“During the year Medeshamstede made payments totalling £1,596.54 to a related party, Able Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies Ltd (of which Myles Cook is a director) in relation to their email renewal.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Nexus Team Limited

“The trading activities of the charity’s trading subsidiary Nexus Team Limited (Company number 07094943) , which operates a chain of convenience stores, are undertaken by volunteers.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by mca Banbury Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

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 (82% 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: 82.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

RUSSELL MARK EVERSHEDchair
Craig Neil Turner
Daniel Lyon
Myles Cook
TIMOTHY JAMES PERCIVAL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.7m	£1.8m
31/12/2024	£2.4m	£2.3m
31/12/2023	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/12/2022	£2.3m	£2.0m
31/12/2021	£1.7m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is MEDESHAMSTEDE EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £122,273 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,667,261. The trustees maintain a policy of holding six months' unrestricted expenditure in reserves, a target which the current reserves significantly exceed. The group reported a net deficit of £63,856, primarily due to the cessation of trading activities by its subsidiary, Nexus Team Limited. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by mca Banbury Ltd.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CHEAM FOUNDATION	1	£172k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MEDWAY EDUCATION TRUST.

MEDWAY EDUCATION TRUST income £2.3m
THE MERESIDE EDUCATION TRUST income £11.0m
CHEAM SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £9.0m
READING EDUCATION TRUST income £1.1m
KEYSTONE EDUCATION TRUST income £107k
THE LONG LEYS EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MEDESHAMSTEDE EDUCATION TRUST	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEDWAY EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£2.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MERESIDE EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£11.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHEAM SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£9.0m	£100,000 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
READING EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEYSTONE EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.