EDMUND ARNOLD'S CHARITY

Registered charity 260589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Apprenticing and Education Branch has been amalgamated with Arnolds Educational Foundation. The Poors Branch - Income shall be applied for the benefit of deserving and necessitious persons resident in the parishes of Nether Heyford, Stony Stratford and St Giles Northampton by way of grants to the individual or to organisations for various specified purposes.

Objects

INCOME TO BE DIVIDED INTO SIX EQUAL PARTS, FIVE PARTS SHALL CONSTITUTE THE "APPRENTICING AND EDUCATIONAL BRANCH" AND ONE PART SHALL CONSTITUTE THE POORS BRANCH. THE POORS BRANCH TO BE DIVIDED INTO THREE EQUAL PARTS AND APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF DESERVING AND NECESSITOUS POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF UPPER AND NETHER HEYFORD IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON STONY STRATFORD IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ST GILES NORTHAMPTON, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE COMFORMABLE TO THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: PARISHES NETHER HEYFORD,STONY STRATFORD ST GILES NORTHAMPTON

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income

£71k

Latest spending

£36k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £70,962 and net income apportioned of £52,739 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Total net assets stood at £205,279, comprising unrestricted reserves of £205,279 and liabilities of £235,221, primarily consisting of balances on parish accounts and amounts owing to Merton College.

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 3 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
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Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NICHOLAS HUGH ADAMSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anthony Williams · trustee of 2 other charities
Fartun Ismail
IAN BRODIE
MARGARET HOOPER · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Stephen Burrow
Robert Alan Scarff · trustee of 4 other charities
Robert Gifford · trustee of 1 other charity
Sharon Gail Henley · trustee of 1 other charity
Sian Slater · trustee of 2 other charities
Sophie Alexandra Tidy · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£71k	£36k
31/12/2024	£70k	£36k
31/12/2023	£67k	£44k
31/12/2022	£66k	£45k
31/12/2021	£56k	£41k

Common questions

Is EDMUND ARNOLD'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £70,962 and net income apportioned of £52,739 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Total net assets stood at £205,279, comprising unrestricted reserves of £205,279 and liabilities of £235,221, primarily consisting of balances on parish accounts and amounts owing to Merton College. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.