SCOTT BOLTON TRUST

Registered charity 1125000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The sorts of activities the Trust typically supports for pupils and former pupils of Bolton School include:- Duke of Edinburgh Award and scouting expeditions;- work experience and volunteering abroad;- cultural, educational and sporting trips abroad; and- fundraising projexts.

Objects

A) THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF EDUCATION AT BOLTON SCHOOL IN THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AFORESAIDB) THE PROVISION PRIMARILY FOR BOYS, GIRLS AND YOUNG PEOPLE (BEING NOT MORE THAN TWENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE OR IF RECEIVING FULL-TIME INSTRUCTION AT ANY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT BEING NOT MORE THAT TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF AGE) WHO SHALL BE OR SHALL HAVE BEEN PUPILS AT BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAID BUT ALSO FOR OTHER BOYS GIRLS AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SUCH AGE AS AFORESAID WHO SHALL BE RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON AFORESAID OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION (BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH PERSONS HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES) IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.C) THE INITIATION AND PROSECUTION (WHETHER AT BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAID OR ELSEWHERE) OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH INTO QUESTIONS AFFECTING THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID.D) (I) THE INSTRUCTION OF MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAID AND OF OTHER PERSONS WITH A VIEW TO QUALIFYING THEM TO PROMOTE AND SUPERVISE THE FACILITIES SET FORTH IN SUB-CLAUSE (B) OF THIS CLAUSE(II) THE PROVISION OF EMOLUMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAID TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL COURSES WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD.E) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ANY PERSONS WHO SHALL BE: -(I) PUPILS OR FORMER PUPILS OF BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAID OR(II) MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAID OR(III) WIDOWS OR DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SAID STAFFAND SHALL REQUIRE SUCH ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTYF) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BURSARIES FOR PUPILS OF EITHER SEX AT BOLTON SCHOOL AFORESAIDG) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE WHICH CAN CONVENIENTLY BE PROMOTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OR ANY OF THE PURPOSES AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 Trust holds unrestricted reserves totaling £1,356,174, comprising a capital fund of £1,343,721 and an income fund of £12,453. The Trustees aim to maintain the capital fund at a similar level to generate sufficient investment income for future grants, noting that all reserves are unrestricted. The Trust reported a net negative movement in funds of £7,331 for the year, primarily due to grants exceeding investment income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MADELEINE MARY SCOTT · trustee of 4 other charities
• MR ALEXANDER SCOTT · trustee of 2 other charities
• WILLIAM LAWRENCE GREENWELL SWAN · trustee of 15 other charities

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

Operates in: Bolton

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