SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1199922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity aims to support schools and educational establishments as well as individuals requiring training.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.6m

Latest spending

£708k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £7,251,479 at the year end, with a stated policy of not maintaining significant reserves on undesignated funds. The charity reported net incoming resources of £5,909,376 and holds substantial investment assets totaling over £10 million.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (94% of income)

“Donations received 5,613,702” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions in respect of staff costs recharged by a company wholly owned by the Trustee are detailed in note 3.

“The key management personnel of the Charity are the Clerk to the Trustees and the Director of Finance of The Skinners’ Company. The total cost of key management personnel, as recharged by The Skinners’ Company is £Nil.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Skinners' Education Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income

£2.6m

Total spending

£708k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£308k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Gordon Boggis
Chris Dearie
Emma Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Hubert William Ashton
James Clark
Lucy Clare Lee
Timothy Hugh Penzer Haynes
William Varley Fell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£2.6m	£708k
30/06/2024	£377k	£84k
30/06/2023	£3.1m	£2k

Common questions

Is SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £7,251,479 at the year end, with a stated policy of not maintaining significant reserves on undesignated funds. The charity reported net incoming resources of £5,909,376 and holds substantial investment assets totaling over £10 million. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE SIR ANDREW JUDD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIR ANDREW JUDD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£315k	Grant to Skinners Education Foundation
THE SIR ANDREW JUDD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£200k	Support for Skinners family of schools

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 TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£19k
THE KILROOT FOUNDATION	1	£15k

Charities like this

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

THE SKINNERS' ACADEMY FOUNDATION income £135k
THE SKINNER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £134k
SKINNERS' CHARITY FOUNDATION income £735k
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK income £184k
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST income £3.1m
MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £336k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION	£2.6m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SKINNERS' ACADEMY FOUNDATION FY2025	£135k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE SKINNER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£134k	—	below	—	no doubt
SKINNERS' CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2024	£735k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£3.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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