FALCON COLLEGE OVERSEAS TRUST

Registered charity 294169 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raises funds for educational establishments

Objects

FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AT FALCON COLLEGE.

Area of benefit: ESIGODINI ZIMBABWE

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rutland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£4k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,406 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by payments exceeding receipts. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted cash reserves of £20,406, which it aims to keep sufficient to cover 12 months of administrative overheads.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (69% of income)

“The principal sources of funding were Gift Aid of £4,098 and two major individual donations of £5,000 and £20,150.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover ongoing administrative overheads (such as banking fees, accounting software subscriptions, and website maintenance) for a minimum period of 12 months (reserves figure: £20k)

“The Trust aims to maintain a level of free unrestricted liquid reserves sufficient to cover ongoing administrative overheads (such as banking fees, accounting software subscriptions, and website maintenance) for a minimum period of 12 months.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 5
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

Volunteers: 5
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 02/11/2026, 2 days after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 03/11/2022, 3 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER COULSONchair
COLIN BEWES
David Murray Kirkman
Ed Sankey
Martin Bashall

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

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£4k
31/12/2024	£18k	£15k
31/12/2023	£6k	£21k
31/12/2022	£61k	£47k
31/12/2021	£53k	£12k

Common questions

Is FALCON COLLEGE OVERSEAS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,406 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by payments exceeding receipts. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted cash reserves of £20,406, which it aims to keep sufficient to cover 12 months of administrative overheads. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FHS TRUST LIMITED.

FHS TRUST LIMITED income £1.9m
COLEG CEREDIGION income £6.9m
THE F W TRUST LTD income £79k
AL-FALAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £277k
HALCYON LONDON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL income £5.9m
FINTON HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FALCON COLLEGE OVERSEAS TRUST	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FHS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	noted
COLEG CEREDIGION FY2025	£6.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE F W TRUST LTD FY2025	£79k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AL-FALAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£277k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HALCYON LONDON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FY2025	£5.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.