OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE)

Registered charity 1151597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N/A, THE OLD ETONIAN TRUST

The advancement of education; and the furtherance of charitable objects connected with Eton College.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS CONNECTED WITH ETON COLLEGE AS THE COUNCIL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£422k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted net assets of £1,818,000 and a surplus of £17,000 for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and has adequate resources to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop's Stortford. Discloses 2 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£422k£1.1m
31/12/2024£415k£441k
31/12/2023£378k£47k
31/12/2022£371k£680k
31/12/2021£332k£134k

Common questions

Is OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted net assets of £1,818,000 and a surplus of £17,000 for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and has adequate resources to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop's Stortford.

Who funds OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE) as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£20k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ANNABEL ARBIB FOUNDATION1£15k
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k
CLASSICS FOR ALL1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ETON PARISH EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE)£422k——unclear—no doubt
ETON PARISH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
OLD WARWICKIAN TRUST FY2025£69k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OLD ELTHAMIANS' CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£82k—0above—no doubt
THE ELIZABETHAN TRUST FY2025£261k—0unclear—no doubt
ETON ACTION FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt

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