THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1098540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote appreciation and understanding of 19th century english arts and artefacts by undertaking research, by supporting exhibitions, publications, lectures and workshops. To advance education and knowledge by supporting centres of teaching of art and by providing financial assistance to students, and provision of scholarships and bursaries.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH ARTS AND ARTEFACTS IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF WORKS OF ART FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS.2. TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO ALL ASPECTS OF 19TH CENTURY ART AND ARTEFACTS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CENTRES OF TEACHING OF ART IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,211,266, which the trustees consider sufficient to protect future activity without setting a specific minimum reserve target. With total income of £119,489 and expenditure of £64,737, the charity generated a net surplus for the year, maintaining a substantial capital base derived from a bequest. The trustees confirm there are no material concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~130.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

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

• David Beevers
• Joanna Banham · trustee of 3 other charities
• Judith Ann Rudoe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Scott
• Mark John Eastment
• PETER SHEARBURN MIALL
• ROBERT WILLIAM GORDON WILSON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• David Beevers — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• Joanna Banham — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• Judith Ann Rudoe — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• Lesley Scott — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• Mark John Eastment — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• PETER SHEARBURN MIALL — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
• ROBERT WILLIAM GORDON WILSON — trustee here and at THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST.

• THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST income £285k
• THE BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £38k
• THE EDWARD BARNSLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £564k
• OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE) income £422k
• THE DAVID ROBERTS ART FOUNDATION LIMITED income £63k
• THE KEATLEY TRUST income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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