DARTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS VOLUNTARY FUND

Registered charity 1167769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The donations received are made on a voluntary basis by the parents/carers and are used to fund and support extra-curricular activities and events which provide a breadth to the curriculum that would not be possible from funds received from the Government or Local Authority.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS AT DARTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.

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 net funds decreased from £161,742 to £112,666 during the year. The charity reports no investment portfolio, holding unspent funds in the bank to meet future student needs. The audit certificate confirms that assets were sufficient to meet all liabilities at the year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by M. Cabe (FCCA). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education); Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (92% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANICE BROOKEchair
• Fiona Mary Kellett
• SHARON PRITCHARD

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BORDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL VOLUNTARY FUND.

• BORDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL VOLUNTARY FUND income £234k
• DARTFORD AMATEUR OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £149k
• Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund income £565k
• WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED income £11.6m
• WALLINGTON COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENTS TEACHERS FRIENDS ASSOCIATION income £114k
• GGS SCHOOL FUND income £331k

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