THE ELEPHANT GROUP

Registered charity 1185878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the higher education progression of young people aged between 16 and 18 from socially and economicallydisadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds who are enrolled in non-selective state schools, including by providing advice and assistance, and organising educational programmes and other activities as a means of assisting with preparation to gain entry to top-level UK universities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN STATE SCHOOLS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ASSISTING WITH PREPARATION TO GAIN ENTRY TO TOP-LEVEL UK UNIVERSITIES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, “STATE SCHOOLS” ARE DEFINED AS STATE FUNDED NON FEE PAYING, NON SELECTIVE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS ATTENDED BY CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 18 YEARS.

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 generated a net surplus of £38,949 for the year, with total income of £455,884 against expenditure of £416,935. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £281,938, which is above the stated policy target of £230,000. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matt Joneschair
• Christopher Paul Kelly
• Lord John Humphrey Arnott Pakington
• Lucy Jane Ruth Walsh
• Paul Cleal · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Hughes
• Sabiha Laher
• Thomas David Wood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAVE THE ELEPHANTS.

• SAVE THE ELEPHANTS income £5.3m
• 15BILLIONEBP income £1.6m
• LATIN ELEPHANT income £274k
• THE ELEPHANT PROTECTION INITIATIVE FOUNDATION income £720k
• PURPLE ELEPHANT FAMILY SUPPORT CIO income £158k
• HIGHCLARE SCHOOL income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

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