HELENA KENNEDY FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1074025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELENA KENNEDY BURSARY SCHEME
Supporting disadvantaged college leavers wishing to enter higher education and promoting progression to graduate employment. We do this through bursaries, skills training, mentoring and providing work placement opportunities. By promoting wider participation in higher education and fair access to the graduate professions we help students to overcome social injustice.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £370,816, with £75,000 held as general fund reserves representing six months' running costs in line with the charity's policy. The charity achieved a net income of £31,458 for the year, supported by investment gains, while total expenditure exceeded total income from donations and legacies.
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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Helena Kennedy Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Mark Cooperchair
- Elizabeth Ann Hess
- Jagdeep Soor
- Mica Jayne Jones
- Philip Le Feuvre
- Philip Sturgeon
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HELENA KENNEDY FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £370,816, with £75,000 held as general fund reserves representing six months' running costs in line with the charity's policy. The charity achieved a net income of £31,458 for the year, supported by investment gains, while total expenditure exceeded total income from donations and legacies. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HELENA KENNEDY FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HELENA KENNEDY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PA FOUNDATION, THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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