THE INCORPORATED EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Registered charity 269697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBEY AWARDS

To select artists and fund residencies for one Scholar and up to three Fellows at the British School at Rome.

Objects

TO ACT AS GOVERNORS AND MANAGERS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOUNDED BY MRS MARY GERTRUDE ABBEY, IN MEMORY OF HER LATE HUSBAND EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY R.A.; AND TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUCCESSFUL COMPETITORS THEREFOR, WHETHER MEN OR WOMEN, WHO SHALL BE:(I) EITHER BRITISH SUBJECTS OR CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OR:(II) PERSONS OF ANY NATIONALITY WHO SHALL HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND OR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING HOLDERS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PURSUE THEIR ARTISTIC STUDIES, AND PARTICULARLY THE STUDY OF MURAL DECORATION AND ITS RELATIONS TO ARCHITECTURAL CONDITIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURSE AND UNDER CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PRESCRIBED BY THE ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND USA

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 charity reported a surplus of £26,334 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing unrestricted funds to £674,120. The trustees consider the level of free reserves, around £165,000, to be prudent and sufficient to cover grants and governance costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees believing the charity has a secure revenue stream and cash reserves to continue 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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vanessa Jackson RAchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anne Ryan
• Catrin Huber
• DANNY ROLPH
• Eddie Peake
• Helen Bernice Donszelmann
• Martin Westwood
• SACHA CRADDOCK MA
• Susannah Hyman

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

Operates in: Italy

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB.

• LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB income £2.6m
• THE CHOIR SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION BURSARY TRUST LIMITED income £322k
• LA SCUOLA ITALIANA A LONDRA income £2.7m
• THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME income £2.7m
• THE ABBEY SCHOOL, READING income £20.3m
• THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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