HEINRICH WOLFGANG DONNER SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 286192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For travelling scholarships or other financial aid to Nationals of Scandinavian Countries to assist and encourage them in research in English Literature and general education assistance as decided by the Governors of Abo Akademi University

Objects

I) IN THE PROVISION OF TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS IN OTHER FINANCIAL AID TO NATIONALS OF THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN RESEARCH IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. II) IN AIDING AND ENCOURAGING THE PURCHASE BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES OF BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS WHICH WILL BE USEFUL FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF RESEARCH IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. III) IN THE PROVISIONS OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHER GRANTS FOR THE PROPAGATION OF SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES IN ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income
£21k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £17,189 from £34,423 in the prior year, while the charity holds bank balances of £9,718 and expendable endowment investments valued at £766,213. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs and contingencies, with no funds reported in deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (held: £17k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£21k£32k
05/04/2025£29k£50k
05/04/2024£20k£8k
05/04/2023£15k£29k
05/04/2022£14k£42k

Common questions

Is HEINRICH WOLFGANG DONNER SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £17,189 from £34,423 in the prior year, while the charity holds bank balances of £9,718 and expendable endowment investments valued at £766,213. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs and contingencies, with no funds reported in deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.