THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1186994 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Stonyhurst Foundation provides financial support for scholarships, bursaries, grants, loans, prizes, maintenance allowances or other financial assistance to pupils and prospective pupils of Stonyhurst; and the provision of any other financial support for Stonyhurst, or the current or prospective pupils of Stonyhurst, as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit.

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation held unrestricted reserves of £6,643,896, with free reserves of £796,431, which is above the stated policy target of £250,000 to £500,000. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's financial viability or going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250,000 to £500,000 (held: £796k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain readily available reserves of £250,000 to £500,000” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 12132113

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states the Foundation granted £1,534,338 to Stonyhurst for bursary and fee assistance during the period.

“During the financial period the Foundation granted the sum of £1,534,338 to Stonyhurst for bursary and fee assistance.”

The grant supported 44 pupils in the 2024-2025 academic year.

“During the 2024 – 2025 academic year the grant The Stonyhurst Foundation provided to Stonyhurst supported 44 pupils, allowing them to receive a Jesuit education through the provision of bursary funding.”

In the 2025 GCSE results, five of the top ten performers in the year group were Foundation-supported.

“Analysis of the GCSE examination results reveals the exceptional performance of Foundation bursary holders: Eight of the top twenty performing pupils in Year 11 were Foundation supported bursary pupils and five of the top ten performers were supported by Foundation funding.”

Since its launch in 2020, the Foundation has raised £14M in income from donations and legacies.

“We are delighted that through the joint efforts of the Stonyhurst community £14M has been raised since the inception of the Foundation to August 2025, with a further £6M pledged over the next five years.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Stonyhurst Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

DOHERTY, William John — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
HANRATTY, Alexandra Robin — director, appointed 17/06/2025on trustee list
NOYONS, Andrew — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
CANN, Christopher James, Fr — director, appointed 07/09/2022on trustee list
JEBSEN, Desiree — director, appointed 30/04/2021on trustee list
HOLT, Frederick Terence — director, appointed 11/06/2020on trustee list
CARNEGIE, Catherine Mary Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/06/2020on trustee list
MURPHY, Ian Anthony — director, appointed 20/03/2020on trustee list
DE ST JOHN-PRYCE, Winton — director, appointed 03/03/2020not on trustee list
MCMILLAN, Keith Patrick — director, appointed 31/07/2019not on trustee list
NEALON, Eugene Richard — director, appointed 31/07/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£60k

Reserves (reported)

£796k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Eugene Richard Nealonchair
Alexandra Hanratty
Andrew Noyons · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Mary Elizabeth Carnegie
Desiree Jebsen
Fr Christopher Cann
Fr Keith Patrick McMillan SJ · trustee of 4 other charities
Frederick Terence Holt
Ian Anthony Murphy
Thomas Edward Kilby
William Doherty
Winton de St John-Pryce

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.4m	£1.7m
31/08/2024	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/08/2023	£1.4m	£1.0m
31/08/2022	£2.1m	£810k
31/08/2021	£2.3m	£571k

Common questions

Is THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation held unrestricted reserves of £6,643,896, with free reserves of £796,431, which is above the stated policy target of £250,000 to £500,000. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's financial viability or going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include DENISE COATES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1.6m	A school bursary scheme for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1.1m	To support the Stonyhurst Foundation's bursary programme and associated education and welfare support at Stonyhurst College, which provides funding to young peo
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1.1m	Support the Stonyhurst Foundation's funding to assist the development of its bursary programme and associated education and welfare support at Stonyhurst Colleg
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1.1m	Support the Stonyhurst Foundation's funding to assist the development of its bursary programme and associated education and welfare support at Stonyhurst Colleg

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£955k
HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY	1	£500k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£110k
THE JOHN SLATER FOUNDATION	1	£26k
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£9k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE BARRATT FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

THE STONYHURST ASSOCIATION income £181k
THE BOLTON SCHOOL BURSARY FOUNDATION income £11.9m
THE STOWE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £3.4m
The St Peter's College Foundation income £519k
STONYHURST income £25.5m
Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION	£1.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STONYHURST ASSOCIATION FY2024	£181k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BOLTON SCHOOL BURSARY FOUNDATION FY2025	£11.9m	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt
THE STOWE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The St Peter's College Foundation FY2025	£519k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
STONYHURST FY2025	£25.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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