SPUC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 1143342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC043441 (OSCR)

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY GENERALLY (B) THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES AND DISABLED CHILDREN (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO UNBORN CHILDREN CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES DISABILITIES GENERALLY PREGNANCY AND THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£306k

Latest spending

£329k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net income of £78,874 for the year ended 28 February 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,565,345. The Trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern. The reserves policy aims to achieve a level where investment income is sufficient to fund the ARCH initiative, though current reserves significantly exceed this stated long-term target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level of reserves at which investment income is sufficient to fund the work of ARCH (held: £2.6m)

“The long-term aim of the reserves policy is therefore to achieve a level of reserves at which investment income is sufficient to fund the work of ARCH.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £190k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2022)

Total income

£573k

Total spending

£407k

Cost of raising funds

£30k

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~89.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PHILLIPPA MARGARET FORSDIKE MCSPchair
ANTHONY CHARLES MULLETT
Christine Mary Hudson
JOHN ANTHONY DEIGHAN LLM
John Joseph Smeaton

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£306k	£329k
29/02/2024	£262k	£783k
28/02/2023	£233k	£252k
28/02/2022	£573k	£407k
28/02/2021	£420k	£482k

Common questions

Is SPUC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a net income of £78,874 for the year ended 28 February 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,565,345. The Trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern. The reserves policy aims to achieve a level where investment income is sufficient to fund the ARCH initiative, though current reserves significantly exceed this stated long-term target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£54k
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£38k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELP IN NEED TODAY.

HELP IN NEED TODAY income £558k
SHRI HARI CHARITABLE TRUST income £190k
DOLPHIN SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £508k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £115k
SPECIAL PLAY AND LEISURE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPUC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST	£306k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HELP IN NEED TODAY FY2025	£558k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHRI HARI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DOLPHIN SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025	£508k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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