THE ADRIAN AND MARIE-FRANCOISE RANDAG BEQUEST

Registered charity 1160798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Randag Trust

Provide funds for the benefit of, the exclusively charitable purpose of advancing education at Catholic schools in Great Britain.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, THE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING EDUCATION AT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

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: Wealden, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£288k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £8,759,449, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund students for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net income of £266,241, driven by investment gains of £451,768 which offset charitable expenditure of £287,733. The financial position is described as strong, with no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient free reserves to ensure the Trust can fund supported students for the duration of their secondary education (reserves figure: £8.8m)
“The Trustees maintain sufficient free reserves to ensure the Trust can fund supported students for the duration of their secondary education.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2021 (received 28/06/2022, 28 days after the 31/05/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2021)

Total income
£6.0m
Total spending
£116k
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£8.5m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£102k£288k
31/07/2024£127k£243k
31/07/2023£229k£193k
31/07/2022£164k£206k
31/07/2021£6.0m£116k

Common questions

Is THE ADRIAN AND MARIE-FRANCOISE RANDAG BEQUEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £8,759,449, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund students for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net income of £266,241, driven by investment gains of £451,768 which offset charitable expenditure of £287,733. The financial position is described as strong, with no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 GUILD ESTATE ENDOWMENT1£3.5m
THE SANZ FOUNDATION1£25k
THE ROUGHAM ESTATE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ST MARY REDCLIFFE AND TEMPLE SCHOOL ENABLING FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ADRIAN AND MARIE-FRANCOISE RANDAG BEQUEST£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST MARY REDCLIFFE AND TEMPLE SCHOOL ENABLING FUND FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARC FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GARRARD FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£316k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RADFORD EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£247k—0unclear—no doubt

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