BAAS EDUCATIONAL TRUST UK

Registered charity 1179465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Baas Educational Trust UK is the advancement of education of underprivileged children in in rural Haryana, India. This is achieved by raising funds in the UK and using these funds to support the work of the Baas Educational Trust India, which runs an English-medium school based in Gairatpur Baas, serving the villages of Baas, Gairatpur Baas and Pandala.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ('THE OBJECTS') ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN IN RURAL HARYANA, INDIA.

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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Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,809, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,616 for the year, with total income of £38,390 against charitable expenditure of £34,774. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £27k)

“It is the policy of the ClO that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

JOANNA POWELL
Lady Margaret Penelope Holmes · trustee of 1 other charity
NIGEL THOMAS STANLEY WILLIAMS MBE

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£38k	£35k
30/09/2024	£26k	£23k
30/09/2023	£42k	£51k
30/09/2022	£61k	£40k
30/09/2021	£42k	£38k

Common questions

Is BAAS EDUCATIONAL TRUST UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,809, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,616 for the year, with total income of £38,390 against charitable expenditure of £34,774. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BAAS EDUCATIONAL TRUST UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BAAS EDUCATIONAL TRUST UK as a grant recipient include THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£0