HORNE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 283751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KENNETH HORNE CHARITABLE TRUST

The objects of the charity are the advancement of education.Grants are made to major educational projects that involve new buildings and smaller donations to local projects in Northampton and Oxfordshire area, and student bursaries for higher rducation through Northampton schools.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG THE AGED IMPOTENT OR POOR. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. 3. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE AND INCLUDING THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN LIKE MANNER DETERMINE

Area of benefit: NORTHAMPTON AND NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations with a plan to donate remaining funds within the next six months. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £1,170,715 to £687,888 due to substantial grant-making and donations. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are available to continue operating on a going concern basis.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

• JESSICA HARWOOD
• MRS JULIE DAVENPORT
• ROSalind margaret HARWOOD

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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