BEDINGFIELD'S TRUST

Registered charity 1075413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of legal education among the members and students of Gray's Inn

Objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE FUND:-(1) IN SPONSORING READING (OR LECTURES) ON LEGAL SUBJECTS GIVEN BY PRACTISING BARRISTERS AT GRAY'S INN TO BE KNOWN AS BEDINGFIELD'S READINGS ARRANGED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GRAY'S INN AND IN REMUNERATING THE READERS (OR LECTURES) AND BEDINGFIELD'S TRUSTEES ARE REQUESTED (BUT WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATION UPON THEM OR RESTRICTING THEIR DIRECTION UNDER CLAUSE 2 ABOVE) REGULARLY TO CONSIDER SPONSORING SUCH READINGS(2) IN PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND NEWLY CALLED BARRISTERS OF THE INN TO BE KNOWN AS BEDINGFIELD'S SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE AWARDED IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY BE AGREED BETWEEN BEDINGFIELD'S TRUSTEES AND GRAY'S INN AND(3) IN PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN PROVIDING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR MEMBERS OF GRAY'S INN BY PRACTISING BARRISTERS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £4,208,860, supported by investment assets valued at £4,095,730. The trustees confirm they have sufficient funds to meet ongoing objectives and view all held funds as free reserves available for charitable activities. No specific reserves policy target is stated, as the trustees aim to distribute net income annually rather than maintain set reserves.

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 3 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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW TIMOTHY MORRIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• JAMES FRANCIS STEWART PREECE
• James Edward Goodwin
• Olwen Mair Mihangel

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST income £788k
• HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND income £2.6m
• THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k
• Bedford School Foundation Trust income £2.7m
• BINGLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION CIO income £138k
• WILLIAM PALMER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £260k

Side by side with its peers

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