PEAT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1186071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity owns property and collects rental income to provide grants to young people under the age of 25 for their personal educational and development

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE WILDEN CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE COSTS OF MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL.2. PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE PARISH OF WILDEN.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT SCHOOLS SERVING THE PARISH OF WILDEN BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOLS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held cash balances of £155,116.51 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year's balance. The charity's activities are limited to providing financial assistance for educational services for persons under 25 within the Parish of Wilden, with no mention of trading subsidiaries or complex investment structures.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 31/12/2022 (received 20/12/2023, 50 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£36k£91k
31/12/2024£36k£10k
31/12/2023£79k£38k
31/12/2022£32k£13k
31/12/2021£109k£30k

Common questions

Is PEAT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held cash balances of £155,116.51 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year's balance. The charity's activities are limited to providing financial assistance for educational services for persons under 25 within the Parish of Wilden, with no mention of trading subsidiaries or complex investment structures. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BARRATT FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PARISH LANDS AND OTHER CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEAT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£36k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARISH LANDS AND OTHER CHARITIES FY2025£98k—0unclear—no doubt
PETER LATHOM (INCLUDING THE LATHOM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION) FY2025£57k——unclear—no doubt
HERON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£46k—0above—no doubt
PADDINGTON CHARITABLE ESTATES EDUCATIONAL FUND FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
SIR WALTER ST.JOHN'S EDUCATIONAL CHARITY FY2026£218k—0above—no doubt

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