VILLIERS PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1179436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This charity succeeded charity no. 225920 on 1 July 2018. Villiers Park Educational Trust is a national social mobility charity that delivers targeted programmes to raise academic outcomes and develop the personal and employability skills of young people from under-represented backgrounds.

Objects

4.1.1 THE COMPANIES OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:4.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES, PROGRAMMES, ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND4.1.3 SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £301,362 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £3,251,091 to £2,949,729. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £189,652, which is below the stated policy target of at least £210,000 (three to six months of expenditure). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• University of Oxford Careers Service Crankstart Programme — “Eryn joined Villiers Park as a Funding and Communications Intern through our continued partnership with University of Oxford Careers Service…” (source page)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 19.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Desmond Patrick Berminghamchair
• Anusha Nirmalananthan
• Benita Udegbe
• Harriet Riches
• Helen Slater · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hollie Smith-Charles
• Ka Man Ma · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mumin Humayun
• Nicholas Ratcliffe
• Simon Smith
• Stephen William Spencer Norton · trustee of 4 other charities

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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRKBECK AND WILLIAM ELLIS SCHOOLS TRUST.

• BIRKBECK AND WILLIAM ELLIS SCHOOLS TRUST income £52k
• PARKS OPTIONS LIMITED income £881k
• PARKER TRUST income £101k
• EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £256k
• VICTORIA COLLIERY AND KNYPERSLEY WELFARE TRUST income £159k
• LINDLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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