THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1161014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main aim of the Savoy Educational Trust is the advancement and development of education and learning within the hospitality industry. The Trust does this by awarding grants to schools, colleges and universities to benefit those studying hospitality. The Trust also seeks to support projects that will enhance current skills and continuing professional development for this industry.

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£2.9m

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £66,129,487 at the year end, representing a decrease of £1,608,467 from the previous year. The trustees confirm that the charity is capable of meeting all liabilities comfortably and that there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to operate as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)

“The Trust derives income entirely from its investment portfolio.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: generate income for future grant awards sufficient to meet the needs of present and future beneficiaries (held: £66.1m)

“The investment of the capital is the only source of on-going income. The investment objective (as stated earlier) helps to protect a core of investments and cash assets to generate income for future grant awards sufficient to meet the needs of present and future beneficiaries.” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Angela Maher — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£2.9m

Cost of raising funds

£252k

Reserves (reported)

£66.1m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 17.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HOWARD FIELD FCA FHOSPAchair
Anastasia Bloom
DAVID TAYLOR FIH
Dr SALLY MESSENGER
Katharine Elizabeth Le Quesne
Professor Peter Albert Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBERT JONATHAN DAVIS MBE DL · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Lowy
William James Toner · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.4m	£2.9m
31/03/2024	£1.5m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£1.3m	£2.2m
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£3.2m

Common questions

Is THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £66,129,487 at the year end, representing a decrease of £1,608,467 from the previous year. The trustees confirm that the charity is capable of meeting all liabilities comfortably and that there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to operate as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£46k	Innholders’ Scholarships

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 HELEN HAMLYN TRUST	1	£2.5m
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.9m
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£858k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£324k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£28k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTD	1	£21k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUTTON TRUST.

THE SUTTON TRUST income £7.1m
SCEPTRE EDUCATION income £3.3m
SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £11.0m
QUINTIN HOGG TRUST income £7.0m
NOAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £746k
Bedford School Foundation Trust income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST	£1.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SUTTON TRUST FY2025	£7.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
SCEPTRE EDUCATION FY2025	£3.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£11.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
QUINTIN HOGG TRUST FY2025	£7.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NOAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£746k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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