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THE CUMNOR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1168316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public benefit to promote the education of children by awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at Cumnor House School, Danehill

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT CUMNOR HOUSE SCHOOL, DANEHILL, OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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

Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£163k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £25,710 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total free reserves from £128,296 to £102,586. The trustees have set a reserves policy to hold free reserves of at least one term’s fees for all pupils, and the actual free reserves of £97,238 are below the previous year's level but the document does not explicitly state if this meets the current policy target relative to the upcoming year's fees. The filing confirms 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

Reserves policy: one term’s fees for all pupils which it is due to support in the following academic year (reserves figure: £97k)
“the trustees have set a reserves policy whereby the charity should look to hold free reserves of at least one term’s fees for all pupils which it is due to support in the following academic year.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: In 2024, one of the trustees received £7,337 in consultancy fees. In 2025, no related party transactions or trustee expense reimbursements occurred.
“In 2024, one of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received £7,337 in consultancy fees from the charity, but no expenses were reimbursed.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In 2024, one of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received £7,337 in consultancy fees from the charity, but no expenses were reimbursed.
“In 2024, one of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received £7,337 in consultancy fees from the charity, but no expenses were reimbursed.”
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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£137k£163k
31/08/2024£79k£195k
31/08/2023£66k£193k
31/08/2022£131k£145k
31/08/2021£320k£111k

Common questions

Is THE CUMNOR FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £25,710 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total free reserves from £128,296 to £102,586. The trustees have set a reserves policy to hold free reserves of at least one term’s fees for all pupils, and the actual free reserves of £97,238 are below the previous year's level but the document does not explicitly state if this meets the current policy target relative to the upcoming year's fees. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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 ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£25k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CUMNOR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CUMNOR FOUNDATION£137k—0unclear—no doubt
CUMNOR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£7.5m——above—no doubt
CUMNOR OLD SCHOOL CHARITY FY2026£27k——unclear—no doubt
THE TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m—0unclear21.5%no doubt
ENFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FY2025£50k—0above—no doubt
THORNHILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt

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