THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1109441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GRESHAM'S GRASSHOPPER FOUNDATION, THE GRESHAM'S HOLT FOUNDATION

The advancement and promotion of charitable purposes connected with Gresham's School.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £10,330,000, comprising £3,243,000 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report a net inflow of £794,000 for the year, driven by strong donor engagement and investment gains, despite the absence of a large legacy gift received in the prior year. The charity maintains a healthy balance sheet with significant investment assets and no debt.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05428934

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.

• MORGAN, James Kenrick — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• MARTIN SMITH, Andrew Everard — director, appointed 10/10/2019not on trustee list
• MARRIAGE, Paul Harvey — director, appointed 29/06/2018on trustee list
• SCOTT, Diana Brocklebank — director, appointed 29/06/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~52.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW EVERARD MARTIN SMITH · trustee of 2 other charities
• Diana Brocklebank Scott
• JAMES KENRICK MORGAN · trustee of 8 other charities
• MICHAEL GOFF
• PAUL MARRIAGE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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.

Charities like this

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

• GRESHAM'S SCHOOL income £51.7m
• GGS SCHOOL FUND income £331k
• THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £506k
• THE PAULINE AVIGES-GRAHAM FOUNDATION income £119k
• ST. PHILOMENA'S CARSHALTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £140k
• BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £189k

Side by side with its peers

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