THE SPENCER STEADMAN TRUST

Registered charity 1194926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gives Scholarships, Grants and Maintenance Allowances as the Trustees determine in keeping with TheTrusts' Objects

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AREFOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF INDIVIDUALS FROM LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY'S TRUSTEES THINK FIT VIA THE AWARD OF FUNDING TO OTHER CHARITIES WHICH SUPPORT AND/OR UNDERTAKE: I. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT PRE-SCHOOLS, PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; AND II. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS OR SKILLS), INCLUDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FORTUITION, TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.

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: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Spencer Steadman Trust held unrestricted cash funds of £95,565 at the end of the period. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern. The document does not disclose a reserves policy or specific financial health metrics beyond the cash balance.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • 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 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 27/03/2025, 50 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 13/06/2024, 129 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 26/07/2023, 171 days after the 05/02/2023 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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£31k£64k
05/04/2024£46k£95k
05/04/2023£65k£70k
05/04/2022£200k£17k

Common questions

Is THE SPENCER STEADMAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Spencer Steadman Trust held unrestricted cash funds of £95,565 at the end of the period. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern. The document does not disclose a reserves policy or specific financial health metrics beyond the cash balance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SPENCER STEADMAN TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SPENCER STEADMAN TRUST as a grant recipient include THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OGDEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE OGDEN TRUSTFY2022£5kGrants to institutions

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SPENCER STEADMAN TRUST£31k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SAUNDERSON FOUNDATION FY2026£442k——unclear—no doubt
THE SIR JAMES AND LADY SCOTT TRUST FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CEDARS TRUST FY2024£19k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST FY2026£142k——above—no doubt
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£239k—0above—no doubt

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