THE GARRARD FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1089152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GARRARD EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED, THE MAUREEN AND DAVID GARRARD FOUNDATION

Advancement and promotion of education (involvement with Bexley Business Academy).General charitable purposes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE 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.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£316k
Latest spending
£290k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £215,790, with no fixed reserves policy in place due to dependence on future trustee support. Net income for the year was £25,715, derived primarily from donations of £312,939, while charitable grants totaled £280,650. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern for at least 12 months, and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations totalling £312,939 (2024: £1,009,436) were made by the Trustees to the charity in the year. There were no other related party transactions in the year.
“Donations totalling £312,939 (2024: £1,009,436) were made by the Trustees to the charity in the year. There were no other related party transactions in the year.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£827k
Reserves (reported)
£190k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 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 (100% 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

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£316k£290k
30/04/2024£1.0m£827k
30/04/2023£13k£26k
30/04/2022£23k£18k
30/04/2021£31k£49k

Common questions

Is THE GARRARD FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £215,790, with no fixed reserves policy in place due to dependence on future trustee support. Net income for the year was £25,715, derived primarily from donations of £312,939, while charitable grants totaled £280,650. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern for at least 12 months, and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GEOFFREY HAROLD GREATREX CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GARRARD FAMILY FOUNDATION£316k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GEOFFREY HAROLD GREATREX CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025£35k—0below—no doubt
THE GARTH TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
FORMAN HARDY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
GRENADIER GUARDS ASSOCIATION FY2025£212k—0above—no doubt
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£267k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.