THE SIR EDMUND DAVIS MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1097046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILHAM CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION

To provide items, services and facilities for Chilham St Marys Church of England (controlled) Primary School and children of the parish of Chilham.

Objects

A) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOL: ANDB) THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN IN THE PARISH OF CHILHAM IN THE COUNTY OF KENT

Area of benefit: CHILHAM, KENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£43k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's activities rely entirely on income from two tenanted properties, resulting in a net deficit for the year as expenditure exceeded income. The trustees maintain a cash reserve policy set at £20,000 for property maintenance, with total unrestricted reserves reported at £48,239.18. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in business on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £48k)

“The Trustees maintain a cash reserve policy and this is presently set at £20,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JONATHAN DANIEL SHERLOCKchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANTHONY JAMES PERRETT
BRENDA LADLEY
Charlotte Anna Tillyard
Dr Sophie Duncan
Dr Vanessa Lucey Hutchinson
James Dearden
Rebecca Dolan
Rev Susan Jane Martin

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£26k	£43k
31/03/2024	£30k	£31k
31/03/2023	£25k	£17k
31/03/2022	£24k	£11k
31/03/2021	£24k	£22k

Common questions

Is THE SIR EDMUND DAVIS MEMORIAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's activities rely entirely on income from two tenanted properties, resulting in a net deficit for the year as expenditure exceeded income. The trustees maintain a cash reserve policy set at £20,000 for property maintenance, with total unrestricted reserves reported at £48,239.18. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in business on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.