THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF CULINARY ARTS 'ADOPT A SCHOOL' TRUST

Registered charity 1087567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADOPT-A SCHOOL TRUST, CHEFS' ADOPT A SCHOOL, THE ACADEMY OF CULINARY ARTS "ADOPT-A-SCHOOL" TRUST, THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF CULINARY ARTS ADOPT A SCHOOL

Teaches schoolchildren about food, where it comes from, nutrition and healthy diet, and how to cook it.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN FOOD, NUTRITION, HYGIENE, HEALTH AND RELATED SUBJECTS SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXPAND THEIR TASTE AND APPRECIATION OF FOOD, OF FOOD ORIGINS AND OF DIFFERENT CULTURES..

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES

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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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £26,407 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income increasing to £325,698. The trustees describe the financial position as strong, noting unrestricted reserves of £333,995 and restricted reserves of £30,677. The organization remains in a strong financial position following a year of recovery and team realignment.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ Adopt a School Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Duncan Roderick Palmerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Richard Bratt
• Amanda Jayne Afiya
• BRIAN JAMES TURNER CBE
• John Thomas Williams MBE
• MYLES IRONSIDE BREMNER
• Martha Blanche Waymark Bruce
• William James Toner · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• William James Toner — trustee here and at THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

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