WHITGIFTIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 210978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITGIFT SCHOOL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Relief of distressed Old Whitgiftians and members of the wider Whitgift School family

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED OLD WHITGIFTIANS, MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING AND OTHER STAFF OF WHITGIFT SCHOOL, STAFF OF THE OLD WHITGIFTIAN ASSOCIATION, THEIR WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR OTHER DEPENDANTS, PRESENT WHITGIFTIANS, AND ANY OTHER DISTRESSED PERSONS WITH A CONNECTION WITH WHITGIFT SCHOOL WHICH THE COMMITTEE IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CONSIDERS ENABLES THEM TO BE ENTITLED TO BE BENEFITED BY THE SOCIETY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,132,642, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet the Society's objects. The financial position is described as satisfactory, with no material uncertainties regarding the ability 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdul Aziz Mir
• Andreas Constantine Dracoulis
• Andrew Russell Pickering
• Christer Odegaard
• Dominic John Edwards
• Fergus Alexander Paul McCombie
• MR MARK ALLANSON
• NICHOLAS DAVID SOMERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Niyaz Mehboob Mohamedali Haji
• Richard Charles Blundell
• Richard David Carr Hunter
• Ross James Gooderson
• Russell Jahangir Kalam
• Simon Anthony Hughes
• Simon James Morris

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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