THE BURSARY FOUNDATION CIO

Registered charity 1178542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, to promote the education of children and young people aged up to and including 18 years in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by the provision of bursaries to enable children to attend independent schools and further and higher education and the provision of tutoring.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED UP TO AND INCLUDING 18 YEARS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES TO ENABLE CHILDREN TO ATTEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF TUTORING.

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: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £53,964 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £221,755 to £167,791. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £65,742, while the charity maintains strong safeguarding policies and continues to expand its programmes.

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 5 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bursary Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD JOHN PRESTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNIFER ELIZABETH HOPKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Firth

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 CORE & CO FOUNDATION.

• CORE & CO FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• LSSP income £907k
• ROMODELS income £200k
• SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES income £590k
• RE N-GAGE income £327k
• CHILDREN’S CHARITY MERSEYSIDE CIO income £68k

Side by side with its peers

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