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.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH GRESHAM'S SCHOOL ("THE SCHOOL") AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL; AND3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN GENERALWHETHER OR NOT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER PARTIES FROM TIME TO TIME AND MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES ("THE OBJECTS").

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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
• Diana Brocklebank Scott
• JAMES KENRICK MORGAN · trustee of 7 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

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Known funders

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

Charities like this

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

• CHESHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FUND income £190k
• GRESHAM'S SCHOOL income £51.7m
• E C GRAHAM'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £188k
• GRAHAM ROWLANDSON FOUNDATION income £314k
• CHESHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION income £37k
• GILLINGHAM SCHOOL income £336k

Side by side with its peers

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