DEVON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1157674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVON EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2014

THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN DEVON

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 WHOSE NORMAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE IS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DEVON BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DEVON

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 charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,580,854, derived primarily from investment dividends and interest. The Trustees have concluded that no reserves policy is needed as annual expenditure is geared to investment income, and they consider there are 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 independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR K TURNERchair
• Councillor Heather Maureen Horner
• Councillor Michael Norman Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deborah Lynch
• Dr Karen Hinnells
• Elise Joanna Redman
• MATTHEW WHARF
• PAMELA FREEMAN
• Ronald Peart · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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