THE POLEHAMPTON CHARITY

Registered charity 1194604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the relief of persons in need, hardship or distress, and for the promotion of education of persons resident in the former parishes of St Mary the Virgin, Twyford, St James the Great, Ruscombe and the civil parish of Charvil.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1. 3.1.1. THE PROVISION OF THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS (INCLUDING AN ACADEMY) IN WHICH RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SHALL BE GIVEN; 3.1.2. POLEHAMPTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND INFANT SCHOOL AT HERMITAGE DRIVE, TWYFORD, READING REGISTERED AT HM LAND REGISTRY UNDER TITLE NUMBERS BK502933 AND BK 502671 MUST BE RETAINED FOR THE PURPOSE IN THIS SUBCLAUSE 3.1.1; 3.2. 3.2.1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED , HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND3.2.2. THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.3.2.3. THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY: 3.2.3.1. MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR3.2.3.2. PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES, OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR 3.2.3.3. MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES, OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED.3.2.4. IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE TO ASSIST SOMEONE (WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED) WHO IS: 3.2.4.1. RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT; OR3.2.4.2. ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3.3. TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (NOT OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL OR RELIGIOUS NATURE) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £108,470 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a reduction in property portfolio value and charitable expenditure exceeding investment income. Despite this deficit, total net assets remain substantial at £3,381,436, and the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Investment
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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: 0.6% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Goodall-Smithchair
• Fiona PRICE · trustee of 1 other charity
• JAMES MICHAEL EDMONDS PENNINGTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• John Phillip Frederick March · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julia Margaret Bishop
• ROSEMARY CHAPMAN
• Rev Mark Fearnley Gould
• Richard James FORT
• Stephen Conway

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £48k
• PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND income £645k
• THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k

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