THE PLUMPTON COLLEGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (INCORPORATING O.T. NORRIS)

Registered charity 284719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as O T NORRIS, OSWALD THOMAS NORRIS

To help those less fortunate to engage in education and training with a view to building confidence, becoming qualified and gaining experience to improve employment chances and prospects.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PLUMPTON COLLEGE.GRANTS TOWARDS STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL TRIPS.GRANTS TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT PLUMPTON COLLEGE WHICH WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE COVERED BY GOVERNMENT FUNDING.GRANTS TO PLUMPTON COLLEGE TO ASSIST THE MARKETING OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AIMED AT HARD-TO-REACH PEOPLE SUCH AS BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC PEOPLE.GRANTS TO IMPROVE RESOURCES AT PLUMPTON COLLEGE.GRANTS TOWARDS ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES AT PLUMPTON COLLEGE.ASSISTANCE WITH COURSE FEES.ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO THE INTERESTS OF STUDENTS AND EX-STUDENTS OF PLUMPTON COLLEGE.STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN APPROVED CASES.

Area of benefit: PLUMPTON COLLEGE IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX

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 accounts state that the charity has operated with significant deficits in recent years, including a deficit of £9,584.04 in 2021 and £272.04 in 2022, before returning to a surplus of £30,942.75 in 2025. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains unrestricted reserves of £70,820.76 as of July 2025, derived from bank accounts and suspense funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Plumpton College Charitable Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Anthony Stanierchair
• CHRISTINE HOWE · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• Desmond Lambert · trustee of 2 other charities
• Howard Wood
• JEREMY KERSWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Wilkins
• Mike Atkinson

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

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