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IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1095032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IPSWICH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST

The advancement of education by paying or applying the whole of the annual income and the capital of the trust fund for the benefit of educational charitable purposes.

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Latest income
£559k
Latest spending
£559k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £Nil and restricted reserves of £Nil at the year-end, with a policy to transfer all reserves to Ipswich School. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates on a basis where all income received is donated to Ipswich School, resulting in no uncommitted funds held by the foundation itself.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income)
“Donations of £559,391 (2024: £11,652) have been received in the year of which £549,667 (2024: £500) was unrestricted. The vast majority of income in the current year relates to a significant one-off legacy donation.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The charity has uncommitted funds of £Nil (2024: £Nil) and restricted reserves of £Nil (2024: £Nil).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two trustees of the charity are also Directors of Ipswich School Corporate Trustee Limited, which is the sole corporate trustee of Ipswich School. Payments made to Ipswich School in the year are noted in note 4. At the year-end the charity owes £119,391 (2024: £5,356) to Ipswich School.
“Two trustees of the charity are also Directors of Ipswich School Corporate Trustee Limited, which is the sole corporate trustee of Ipswich School. Payments made to Ipswich School in the year are noted in note 4. At the year-end the charity owes £119,391 (2024: £5,356) to Ipswich School.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£559k
Total spending
£559k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£559k£559k
31/08/2024£12k£12k
31/08/2023£15k£15k
31/08/2022£11k£11k
31/08/2021£14k£14k

Common questions

Is IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £Nil and restricted reserves of £Nil at the year-end, with a policy to transfer all reserves to Ipswich School. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates on a basis where all income received is donated to Ipswich School, resulting in no uncommitted funds held by the foundation itself. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST1£224k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IPSWICH SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION£559k—0below—no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FY2025£26.1m—0unclear—no doubt
The Ipswich Ceramic Foundation FY2025£166k—0within—no doubt
IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£197k—0above—no doubt
Ipswich Town Foundation FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION FY2025£33.9m——unclear—no doubt

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