WISBECH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1087799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WISBECH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Advancing independent education for the public benefit in or near Wisbech

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN OR NEAR WISBECH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED, SCHOLARSHIPS OR PRIZES.

Area of benefit: WISBECH

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 made a surplus before gains and losses of £103,042 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total funds increasing to £3,800,805. The trustees report that the charity's finances are on a sounder footing following the transfer of the school's day-to-day running to a separate limited company. The primary source of funding is rental income from investment property, which is allocated towards bursaries, pension liability settlement, and reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wheelers. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £435k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER MARK STEPHEN GOAD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Rebecca Mair
• Dr Quintin Wong
• ELIZABETH CHRISTINE MORRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Stuart Blundy
• Judy Bodger · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karina Simonne Albertine HART
• Paul Robin O'Connor
• Timothy David Chapman

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WISBECH THEATRE TRUST income £238k
• WISHFORD FOUNDATION income £243k
• THE HUTCHINSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £509k
• IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £559k
• WISBECH ST MARY SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £177k
• THE WREXHAM (PAROCHIAL) EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £428k

Side by side with its peers

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