BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1118435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4096908 · Wikipedia

The raising of funds to support bursaries and capital projects at Bromsgrove School.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BROMSGROVE SCHOOL ("THE SCHOOL"); ANDTO PROMOTE OTHER EDUCATIONAL CHARITY PURPOSES (WHETHER OR NOT CONNECTED WITH BROMSGROVE SCHOOL) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromsgrove, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,165,611, which the Trustees consider sufficient for current commitments, though they have a medium-term target of raising funds to around £3m. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £10,308 for the year, driven by an unrealised investment loss of £50,009, despite receiving £131,960 in donations and legacies. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Taylorchair
• HIS HONOUR JUDGE RICHARD JOHN SAMUEL FOSTER
• JANE LODGE
• John Denby
• MARK ESCOLME
• Michael Luckman
• PHILIP BOWEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEWART RONALD TOWE
• Stephen John Bradley
• THOMAS MATTHEW HORTON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BOURNEMOUTH SCHOOL FUND income £103k
• THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION income £525k
• BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST income £367k
• CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND income £349k
• BURFORD SCHOOL FUND (MARLOW BOTTOM) income £48k
• BOURN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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