UPLANDS ENTERPRISE TRUST

Registered charity 1148086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UPLANDS EDUCATIONAL TRUST

UET is a Swindon based charity who's aim is to enable young people, regardless of their special educational needs, to shape their own future and contribute to their community; breaking down barriers towards disabled young people through meaningful community inclusion. Our mission is to create living and working opportunities, enable meaningful lives and support families.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY DEVELOPING, MANAGING AND PROVIDING, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THIRD PARTIES, EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PUPILS AT UPLANDS SCHOOL IN SWINDON (OR ANY SUCCESSOR SCHOOL TO IT);(2) PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND(3) TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND RELIEVE DISABILITY BY IMPROVING THE MORALE, CONFIDENCE, WELL-BEING, SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF THOSE DEEMED VULNERABLE.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £2,427,772 in income with total expenditure of £2,143,230, resulting in a net surplus. Free reserves stood at £928,533, which the Trustees confirmed were sufficient to cover approximately three months of running costs. The auditors reported 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 Regulatory Audit. Discloses 5 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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Uplands Enterprise Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JACQUELINE ANITA FIELDWICK MBEchair
• Alan Stone
• Christopher Sims
• DEREK ALAN DINSEY
• Jeff Smith
• Philip Helme
• Susan Dinsey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).