DUNK'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1204336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dunks Educational Foundation was established to provide assistance to the children in the Parish of Hawkhurst requiring assistance with their educational needs. The hall within the Almshouse property is hired out to raise funds in this respect.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, UNDER 25YEARS OLD, RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF HAWKHURST AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

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: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held a good and stable financial position throughout 2025, with unrestricted funds maintained at the policy level of approximately six months' expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a net incoming resource of £5,185 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £71,734. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to attention requiring further disclosure, indicating compliant financial reporting.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NIGEL LESLIE COLLISONchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• CAROLINE CANNAR · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colin Andrew Faulkner · trustee of 3 other charities
• Colin Charles Hobday · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gunda Cannon · trustee of 3 other charities
• Helena Elisabeth Van Kan · trustee of 3 other charities
• JOANNE ELIZABETH FAULKNER · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Kent

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