BEN JONSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1182556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The foundation provides grants for the advancement of education for the public benefit by providing for or contributing to the provision of education at Westminster School for any children who would be unable to continue education at the school without financial assistance or who would be unable to commence education at the school despite being accepted.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING FOR OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AT WESTMINSTER SCHOOL FOR ANY CHILDREN WHO WOULD BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL WITHOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR WHO WOULD BE UNABLE TO COMMENCE EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL DESPITE BEING ACCEPTED.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds permanent endowment reserves of £4,054,070, which represent the entirety of its net assets. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient cash to pay liabilities as they fall due and is able to fund its activities through existing reserves. The financial review confirms the trustees were satisfied with the year's performance, noting investment gains of £101,613 alongside incoming resources of £47,622.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Maria Bentley
• David Poole · trustee of 1 other charity
• Grace Yu · trustee of 3 other charities
• Joanna Reesby
• Nabeel Bhanji
• The Revd Canon David Stanton · trustee of 2 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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