ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 228547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AXWELL PARK SCHOOL FOUNDATION

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO 1) ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25; AND 2) ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND 3) ARE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO:1) ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25; AND2) ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; AND3) ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £78,571 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding investment income. Unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £88,316 to £9,745, while endowment funds remained the primary asset base at £3,659,669. The trustees confirmed the going concern basis, citing adequate resources and investment surpluses to support future operations.

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 5 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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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

• JOHN WAUGH MBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANNE TATE
• Brian Peacock
• FIONA JANE WATSON
• Herr Thomas Braun
• MICHAELA DAWN MARTIN
• NEIL DAVID JACKSON
• ROBERT LEE JOBLING
• SCOTT CRAWFORD MORRISON

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATIONAL CENTRE.

• ST NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX EDUCATIONAL CENTRE income £118k
• ST NICHOLAS WITH ST LEONARD EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £31k
• THE ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS TEACHER ASSOCIATION income £82k
• THE SAINT MICHAEL'S AND EXETER SCHOOLS CHARITY income £35k
• ST ANTHONY'S YOUTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT income £179k
• CARLTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £148k

Side by side with its peers

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