The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation

Registered charity 1170682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRAMLINGHAM FOUNDATION TRUST

To make grants principally in respect of drama, music and arts teaching at Thomas Mills School and, secondarily, to make grants for other applications by pupils at Thomas Mills School in relation to sports and other activities

Objects

1) TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND (IF MORE THAN ONE) IN SUCH SHARES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES SET OUT IN CLAUSE 3.2.2) TO MAKE GRANTS PRINCIPALLY IN RESPECT OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND ARTS TEACHING AT THOMAS MILLS SCHOOL AND, SECONDARILY, TO MAKE GRANTS FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS BY PUPILS AT TMS IN RELATION TO SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £24,707 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £263,116 to £236,287. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. The accounts were independently examined rather than audited.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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 31/12/2022 (received 26/01/2024, 87 days after the 31/10/2023 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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPH HARDWICK
• STUART JAMES CAMP
• WILL ASHURST

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS.

• CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS income £321k
• KIRKLEES MUSIC SCHOOL income £2.2m
• THE DAVID MORGAN MUSIC TRUST income £31k
• THE MRS SUNDERLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL income £45k
• THE EARTHSONG FOUNDATION income £323k
• THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST income £218k

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