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CANTERBURY PROGRAMME

Registered charity 1186234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Canterbury Institute

The Charity's activities consist primarily of: -awarding scholarships for academic research at higher education institutions;-carrying out and promoting research and academic scholarship, and to publish or otherwise disseminate the useful results of such research; and-facilitating educational and academic events, including lectures and seminar

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Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in healthy financial shape with a surplus of £706,126 for the year ended June 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,566,463, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months of administration costs (£60,000). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of administration costs, amounting to £60,000 (held: £1.6m)
“Trustees committed last year to hold six months of administration costs as free reserves, amounting to £60,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received remuneration of £103,960.
“One trustee of the charity received remuneration of £103,960 (2024: £90,400) in their capacity as a director of the charity.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income from FEHE, where the president is a trustee.
“During the year the charity recognised income of £2,570,875 (2024 Restated: £2,300,203) from FEHE; the president of this organisation is a trustee of the charity.” — page 23
“During the year one trustee donated £50,395 to the charity for general purposes during the year (2024: £39,095).” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from a trustee.
“During the year the charity recognised income of £2,570,875 (2024 Restated: £2,300,203) from FEHE; the president of this organisation is a trustee of the charity.” — page 23
“During the year one trustee donated £50,395 to the charity for general purposes during the year (2024: £39,095).” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from a trustee's parents.
“During the year the charity recognised income of £2,570,875 (2024 Restated: £2,300,203) from FEHE; the president of this organisation is a trustee of the charity.” — page 23
“During the year one trustee donated £50,395 to the charity for general purposes during the year (2024: £39,095).” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£3.0m£2.3m
30/06/2024£2.2m£3.1m
30/06/2023£2.7m£697k
30/06/2022£1.6m£1.3m
30/06/2021£1.3m£962k

Common questions

Is CANTERBURY PROGRAMME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in healthy financial shape with a surplus of £706,126 for the year ended June 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,566,463, which is significantly above the stated policy target of six months of administration costs (£60,000). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

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
MARC FITCH FUND2£37k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£25k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART1£10k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CANTERBURY PROGRAMME£3.0m——unclear—no doubt
CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.7m£70,001 - £80,000—unclear—no doubt
CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT EARLY YEARS PROJECT FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON FY2025£8.8m——unclear—no doubt
CANTERBURY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£261k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CANTERBURY DAY NURSERY, HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB FY2026£825k—0within—no doubt

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