BEC SCHOOL FUND

Registered charity 1124677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Burnside Business & Enterprise College

To advance the education and enrichment of the students at Burnside Business and Enterprise College by providing and assisting in extra facilities/resources, supporting extra-curricular training, financing school trips and buying resources to celebrate achievement. All of the above types of expenditure are beyond that provided by the LEA and extra to that required by the curriculum.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS/STUDENTS AT BURNSIDE BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (RESOURCES (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY NORTH TYNESIDE EDUCATION AUTHORITY) FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: BURNSIDE

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 School Fund held unrestricted reserves of £15,406.44 at the end of the year, a decrease from £18,336.47 in the previous year. The fund recorded a net deficit of £2,930.03 for the year ended 31st December 2025, primarily driven by expenditure on travel trips exceeding income received from parents. The entity remains solvent with current assets of £17,491.85 against current liabilities of £2,085.41.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Jamieson
• EDMUND ROBERT WELCH
• Matthew Swain
• SUSAN WATSON

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

Operates in: North Tyneside

Income and spending

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