LUMIAR STOWFORD

Registered charity 1184743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q66169286

To advance for the public benefit education in the United Kingdom, in particular by establishing, maintaining carrying on and managing Lumiar Stowford as a school. To promote for the benefit of local inhabitants the provision of facilities for education, recreation or other leisure time .

Objects

Ò TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, CARRYING ON AND MANAGING LUMIAR STOWFORD AS A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AS DAY PUPILS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LUMIAR METHODOLOGY.Ò TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OF THE INHABITANTS OF WILTSHIRE AND SOMERSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £89,926, exceeding the trustees' policy target of holding 25% of total annual costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £27,998 for the year, with cashflow described as healthy by the trustees.

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
• 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 17/07/2023, 17 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LUMIAR STOWFORD (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ellen Rawlins
• Katherine Symonds-Moore
• Nigel Willetts
• Shenel Shefik

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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