TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS SCHOOL FUND

Registered charity 1119646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL AND ENHANCING THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

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IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: TUNBRIDGE WELLS

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

The accounts state that the charity held £447,971 in unrestricted funds at the year end, with the Trustees confirming that established annual fundraising activities have been sufficient to support normal operations. The independent auditor reported that the assets were sufficient to meet all liabilities in full 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 Manningtons. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Complaints 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Simpson
• Bhaskar Vijay Shankar
• Dan Wass
• Dr Philip Drew
• Ian Buckley
• Peter Fallon
• Susie Martin

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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