THE DAVID AND JAYNE PATERSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1076792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees have fulfilled the charitable objects principally by enabling ethnic Chinese students to study for an undergraduate degree in law at Oxford University. With effect from September 2021 students were given the opportunity to participate in the MJur programme, BA in Jurisprudence, MSc Law and Finance, MPhil in Law, or DPhil in Law.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO:(A) THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF LAW; (B) THE AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS OR BURSARIES TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY OR OTHER U K EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES TO RESIDENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY LAW; (C) THE AWARDING OF GRANTS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO INDIVIDUALS TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE EOF THEIR LEGAL EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 the charity holds total funds of £503,191, comprising a £500,000 investment property and £3,191 in net current assets. The trustees note that the trust is funded annually by the Founder Trustee and does not maintain significant financial reserves, though they consider the risk of running out of funds unlikely due to the Founder Trustee's continued generosity.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Department of Law at Oxford — “It has been very encouraging that the Department of Law at Oxford has so generously increased the value of the scholarships by providing £10…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID FRANCIS JOSEPH PATERSONchair
• ARCHIE JOHN SHERBROOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL CHARLES JOSEPH PATERSON

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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