SWARTHMORE EDUCATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1094451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWARTHMORE

Swarthmore is a centre for lifelong learning, with community projects, family learning sessions and children's activities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS OF LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:(A) TO PROVIDE A LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES;(B) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THE RECOGNITION OF THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WHICH ALL PEOPLE BRING.

Area of benefit: LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREA, WEST YORKSHIRE.

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 reported a small surplus of £20,170 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £1,962,035. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £220,350, which is within the stated policy target of 1 to 3 months of operating expenditure (£165,000 to £495,000). The charity remains solvent with net assets of £1,279,681 and is considered a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04527579

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swarthmore Education Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALLBANK, Jennifer — director, appointed 27/05/2026on trustee list
• LORD, Christine — director, appointed 21/02/2025not on trustee list
• BLUNDELL, Mark David Giles — director, appointed 20/02/2025on trustee list
• EXETER, Eileen Jacqueline — director, appointed 25/04/2023on trustee list
• WATKINS, Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 24/02/2021on trustee list
• ZAMAN, Nigel Hussain Mohammed — director, appointed 27/02/2020on trustee list
• BADON, Kathryn Julie — director, appointed 13/12/2017on trustee list
• BAILLIE, Christine — secretary, appointed 04/11/2019

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathryn Julie Badonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Lord
• Dr Elizabeth Judith Watkins
• Eileen Jacqueline Exeter
• Jennifer Wallbank
• Mark David Giles Blundell
• Nigel Hussain Mohammed Zaman

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SWEDISH SCHOOL SOCIETY IN LONDON.

• THE SWEDISH SCHOOL SOCIETY IN LONDON income £3.5m
• THE MOWLEM INSTITUTE income £730k
• THE SWANN-MORTON FOUNDATION income £100k
• THE SWINDON U3A income £107k
• PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £385k
• LIFE EDUCATION CENTRE FOR LANCASHIRE income £276k

Side by side with its peers

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