DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY

Registered charity 1113490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KINGS FULHAM ENDOWMENT FUND

To apply the income of the Charity, for low income individuals or organisations working with people in need residing in the old Metropolitan Borough of Fulham.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR TO PAY PENSIONS TO PENSIONERS WHO ARE POOR PERSONS OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PAYING FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS IN NEED FOR THE AIM OF THEIR OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT3. IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT WHO, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN OR WHO ARE LOCATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL MEAN THE AREA OF THE FORMER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FULHAM AS CONSTITUTED ON 31 MARCH 1965

Area of benefit: THE FORMER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FULHAM AS CONSTITUTED ON 31 MARCH 1965

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a significant surplus of £667,643 for the year, primarily driven by a non-recurring gain of £1,017,207 from the sale of Percy Barton House. Total net assets increased to £10,083,367, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £1,405,284, which the trustees state is in line with their policy of maintaining three months of core costs and grant payments. The charity remains in a strong financial position with substantial investment assets and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~43.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Townsend
• Genevieve Akunnaya Nwaogbe
• Iain Graeme Cassidy
• John Shuffrey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Lakareber
• Rev Peter David Dobson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Richard Anthony Rawlinson
• Richard Charles Brunwin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Fryer
• Said Mohamud · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sam Kelly

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGDOM FELLOWSHIP.

• KINGDOM FELLOWSHIP income £63k
• FELTHAM UNITED CHARITIES income £362k
• KING'S CHURCH BISHOP'S WALTHAM income £111k
• HENRY COWTON income £117k
• KING'S CHURCH BIRMINGHAM income £381k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FULHAM, ST ANDREW FULHAM FIELDS, LONDON. income £361k

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