IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1143241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is established to support the education for children of early, primary or middle school years both in the UK and overseas where such provision cannot be fully provided from the public purse. Support may include the provision of grants to pupils or schools, the provision of training or courses to teachers, the award of grants to teachers to enable them to conduct research or training

Objects

4.1TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN OF EARLY, PRIMARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS WHERE SUCH PROVISION CANNOT BE FULLY PROVIDED FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE. SUCH SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO PUPILS OR THEIR SCHOOL, THE DIRECT PROVISION OF TRAINING OR COURSES TO TEACHERS, THE AWARD OF GRANTS TO TEACHERS TO ENABLE THEM TO CONDUCT RESEARCH OR INDIVIDUAL TRAINING.4.2TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OR DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN INDEPENDENT SENIOR SCHOOLS WHERE THEIR FAMILIES' FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SUCH THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE PREVENTED FROM DOING SO.4.3TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES:4.3.1ANY PERSON WHO HAS OR SHALL HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF IAPS AS A HEAD-TEACHER WHO HAS RETIRED FROM SUCH HEADSHIP;4.3.2ANY PERSON WHO HAS OR SHALL HAVE BEEN AN OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE OF IAPS4.3.3THE WIDOWS, CHILDREN OR OTHER DEPENDENTS OF ANY SUCH PERSON AS AFORESAID OR OF A DECEASED PERSON WHO WAS AT ONE TIME A MEMBER OF IAPS; AND,4.3.4ANY OTHER CLASS OF PERSONS CONNECTED WITH EDUCATION OR SCHOOLS AND NOT FOR THE TIME BEING MEMBERS OF IAPS AS MAY BE SPECIFIED BY IAPS BY ORDINARY RESOLUTION WITH THE CONSENT OF THE DIRECTORS.

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

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

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

Latest income

£197k

Latest spending

£198k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,206,714, with unrestricted reserves standing at £189,110. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet existing grant commitments and one year's operating expenses, which they calculated at £35,594. The charity reported a net income for the year of £8,800 and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: IAPS (74% of income)

“the largest donor being IAPS which donated £39.850 to the unrestricted funds, provided £100,000 to support the School Access Scheme”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet all existing grant commitments from the unrestricted fund and one year’s operating expenses (reserves figure: £189k)

“The Trustees have determined that they should hold sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet all existing grant commitments from the unrestricted fund and one year’s operating expenses. They have calculated that the total sum required is £15,594 for committed grants and £20,000 for operating costs.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses reimbursed

“Two Trustees received expenses of £2,910 (2024 - £3,150) in the year relating to travel, accommodation, and subsistence. No Trustees are remunerated by the charity. IAPS provides support to the charity including a small honorarium to the Grants Secretary of £1,476 (2024 - £1,476) which is donated by IAPS and included in the Statement of Financial Activities as donated services.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07728215

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — itrust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

IAPS — “The work of iTrust is supported by donations from IAPS and our member schools, as well as funds provided.” (source page)
IAPS member schools — “The work of iTrust is supported by donations from IAPS and our member schools, as well as funds provided.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

DUFFIELD, James Henry — director, appointed 07/09/2026not on trustee list
TOLEMAN, William Joseph — director, appointed 07/09/2026not on trustee list
VERNON, Nicholas James — director, appointed 07/09/2026not on trustee list
SCHALKWYK, Saskia Anne Van — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
HEWLETT, David James — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
NEVILLE, Emma Janine — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
VINSOME, Donna — director, appointed 22/05/2019on trustee list
WHEELER, Timothy Charles — director, appointed 21/05/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/05/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

William Joseph Tolemanchair
David James Hewlett
Donna Vinsome · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Janine Neville
JAMES HENRY DUFFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas James Vernon
Saskie Anne Schalkwyk
TIMOTHY CHARLES WHEELER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£197k	£198k
31/03/2024	£186k	£197k
31/03/2023	£193k	£207k
31/03/2022	£180k	£166k
31/03/2021	£171k	£107k

Common questions

Is IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,206,714, with unrestricted reserves standing at £189,110. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet existing grant commitments and one year's operating expenses, which they calculated at £35,594. The charity reported a net income for the year of £8,800 and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IA - FOUNDATION.

IA - FOUNDATION income £55k
PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST income £419k
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST income £314k
PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
THE APETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £42k
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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
IAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	£197k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
IA - FOUNDATION FY2025	£55k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST FY2025	£419k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£314k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025	£558k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE APETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2026	£42k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.