RICHARD TAYLOR'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1175607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RTET merged with existing charities RTEF and BYC owning Richard Taylor CofE School and Bilton Youth Centre to support RTS and young people in Harrogate with educational grants and to provide young people, the elderly and the disadvantaged in Harrogate and beyond with recreational services for their health wellbeing intellectual and social benefit and grants to improve their spiritual health.

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Latest income

£51k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small surplus of £12,948 before transferring £15,000 to endowment investments, resulting in a net deficit of £2,052 for the year. Cash reserves stood at £94,960 at the end of the period, with unrestricted reserves split between £48,766 for RTEF and £15,491 for BYC. The trustees noted administrative difficulties and a lack of dedicated support but confirmed the charity continues to operate.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alene Elizabeth Bloomfield
FELICITY JANET HILDRED
MICHA HATFIELD NAGLIS
Martin Wilson Helm
Matthew Robert Scott
Rev MATTHEW GAWAIN HUNTER · trustee of 1 other charity
Sheena Mary Hodgeon
Steven Paul Haslam

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£51k	£38k
31/12/2024	£64k	£42k
31/12/2023	£70k	£117k
31/12/2022	£45k	£29k
31/12/2021	£24k	£14k

Common questions

Is RICHARD TAYLOR'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a small surplus of £12,948 before transferring £15,000 to endowment investments, resulting in a net deficit of £2,052 for the year. Cash reserves stood at £94,960 at the end of the period, with unrestricted reserves split between £48,766 for RTEF and £15,491 for BYC. The trustees noted administrative difficulties and a lack of dedicated support but confirmed the charity continues to operate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RICHARD TAYLOR'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RICHARD TAYLOR'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN AND ST LUKE, BILTON, HARROGATE.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Rev MATTHEW GAWAIN HUNTER — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN AND ST LUKE, BILTON, HARROGATE

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN AND ST LUKE, BILTON, HARROGATE	FY2025	£3k	Youth Worker fund