GODPARENTS ANTHROPOSOPHICAL TRAINING FUND

Registered charity 1102158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity makes grants and interest free loans to students to assist with their education - in accordance with the principles of the late Dr Rudolf Steiner

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LATE DR RUDOLF STEINER

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05002529

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.

• SKLAN, Sylvia Rose Elizabeth — director, appointed 13/07/2026on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Donald Arthur — director, appointed 12/12/2025on trustee list
• NICOL, Janni Barbara — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
• MEPHAM, Trevor Michael — director, appointed 19/10/2020on trustee list
• ABRAHAMS, Lynda Margaret — director, appointed 18/02/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~71.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Donald Arthur Phillips
• Janni Nicol
• Lynda Margaret Abrahams
• Sylvia Rose Elizabeth Sklan
• Trevor Mepham

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE ZEVI RABINOWITZ CHARITABLE TRUST income £18k
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