COLLEGE ESTATE ENDOWMENT

Registered charity 217485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLLEGE ESTATE

As an endowment charity the main priority of the College Estate is pro-active management of its investments to maximise the capital and income return. There is a specific gift of £7000pa to the Vicar of Holy Trinity Church as required under the 2001 Scheme. The balance of net income is transferred to the Corporate Trustee.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £332,940, which exceeds its stated policy target of at least £30,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains a low to moderate risk appetite.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £30k (held: £333k)

“To recognise the small operational risk an unrestricted reserve of at least £30k is held.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant

“The College Estate gifted £ 0.4m (2023: £0.6m) in grants to the Town Trust. The Town Trust, after defraying costs, used this grant to fund its discretionary grant making programme.” — page 4

“The College Estate pays a management charge to the Town Trust to cover staff costs, office costs and property facility costs which for 2024 was £ 89,671 (2023: £79,452).” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Management Charge

“The College Estate gifted £ 0.4m (2023: £0.6m) in grants to the Town Trust. The Town Trust, after defraying costs, used this grant to fund its discretionary grant making programme.” — page 4

“The College Estate pays a management charge to the Town Trust to cover staff costs, office costs and property facility costs which for 2024 was £ 89,671 (2023: £79,452).” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Vicar Payment

“The College Estate gifted £ 0.4m (2023: £0.6m) in grants to the Town Trust. The Town Trust, after defraying costs, used this grant to fund its discretionary grant making programme.” — page 4

“The College Estate pays a management charge to the Town Trust to cover staff costs, office costs and property facility costs which for 2024 was £ 89,671 (2023: £79,452).” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Matthew Poole — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£606k

Reserves (reported)

£333k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (96% 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: 58.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

THE STRATFORD UPON AVON TOWN TRUST

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.0m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.0m	£963k
31/12/2022	£1.0m	£1.2m
31/12/2021	£928k	£728k
31/12/2020	£910k	£903k

Common questions

Is COLLEGE ESTATE ENDOWMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £332,940, which exceeds its stated policy target of at least £30,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains a low to moderate risk appetite. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GUILD ESTATE ENDOWMENT.

THE GUILD ESTATE ENDOWMENT income £2.9m
THE DOVER COLLEGE TRUST income £115k
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL MILLENNIUM ENDOWMENT TRUST income £295k
ST MARY THE VIRGIN ESTATE MANAGEMENT CHARITY income £460k
ST CHAD'S COLLEGE DURHAM income £4.2m
WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLLEGE ESTATE ENDOWMENT	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUILD ESTATE ENDOWMENT FY2024	£2.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE DOVER COLLEGE TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL MILLENNIUM ENDOWMENT TRUST FY2025	£295k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY THE VIRGIN ESTATE MANAGEMENT CHARITY FY2025	£460k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ST CHAD'S COLLEGE DURHAM FY2025	£4.2m	—	3	unclear	—	no doubt

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