OLD DOVORIAN TRUST

Registered charity 281072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity receives and invests donations from individuals connected with Dover College and from the Old Dovorian Club. The Charity makes grants to Dover College and to individuals for the purpose of assisting with education and asssociated activities.

Objects

SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT DOVER COLLEGE. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF RELIGION AND OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AT DOVER COLLEGE, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND ORNAMENTATION OF CONSECRATED BUILDINGS. (3) PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AT DOVER COLLEGE. (4) PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO DOVER COLLEGE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts for the Old Dovorian Trust for the year ended 5 April 2026 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accorded with those records. The examiner reported no material matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. No specific financial figures or reserves are disclosed in the provided text to assess the charity's financial health further.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN COLIN HOWARD HARVEY SINCLAIR
• Julian Derek Wood
• RICHARD DENIS SOMERTON FOXWELL
• RICHARD ROBERT ROBINSON
• ROGER LAKE KAGAN

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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