THE SEKFORDE HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1172471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to advance education by making grants to students in financial difficulty to help them achieve their potential

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ÔOBJECTSÖ) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING EDUCATION BY ENABLING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £317,204 to £168,416 due to a net movement in funds of £148,788, largely driven by grant expenditures and asset disposals. The trustees report that the level of funds held is sufficient to meet expected income and expenditure for the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified 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

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10633216

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KOSTOV, Mihail — director, appointed 22/02/2017on trustee list
• LONSDALE, David — director, appointed 22/02/2017on trustee list
• LONSDALE, David — secretary, appointed 22/02/2017

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LONSDALEchair
• MIHAIL KOSTOV

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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