THE SPALDING MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1188315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The making of grants to support inter-religious studies.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:(1) PROMOTE ETHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF INTER-RELIGIOUS STUDY TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT.(2) PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£107k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves (bank and cash balances) of £65,740 at the end of the year, with total investment assets valued at £3,316,868. The trustees report no matters requiring attention from the independent examiner, and the net receipts for the year were £4,735, resulting in a positive cash position.

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 4 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Jonathan Collischair · trustee of 4 other charities
DR KEVIN WARD MA PHD
Dr Ankur Barua · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Emma Tanya Harris
Dr Syed Mohamed Atif Imtiaz
Professor Anna Susan King DPhil
Professor Johanna Stiebert PhD, MPhil
Professor ROBERT PATTERSON GORDON LITTD FBA
Professor Timothy Hugh Barrett MA PHD

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

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Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£102k	£107k
31/12/2024	£132k	£95k
31/12/2023	£100k	£133k
31/12/2022	£99k	£115k
31/12/2021	£94k	£71k

Common questions

Is THE SPALDING MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves (bank and cash balances) of £65,740 at the end of the year, with total investment assets valued at £3,316,868. The trustees report no matters requiring attention from the independent examiner, and the net receipts for the year were £4,735, resulting in a positive cash position. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRIENDS OF SHEKEL HAKODESH LIMITED	1	£35k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL	1	£27k
JEG TRUST LIMITED	1	£25k
THE GREENBERG FOUNDATION	1	£9k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST	1	£3k
FORD BRITAIN TRUST	1	£2k
BELVEDERE TRUST	1	£2k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL FUND.

SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL FUND income £248k
KOLLEL SKVER TRUST income £255k
THE READING FOUNDATION income £517k
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL FUND income £139k
THE GARTH TRUST income £32k
MERCERS' SCHOOL MEMORIAL TRUST (INCORPORATING THE MERRETT BEQUEST) income £72k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SPALDING MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL FUND FY2026	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KOLLEL SKVER TRUST FY2025	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE READING FOUNDATION FY2025	£517k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£139k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GARTH TRUST FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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