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EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 296273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The furtherance of charitable purposes connected with Emanuel School

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£868k
Latest spending
£437k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £4,930,941, with only £3,522 held in the general fund. The trustees consider this level of free reserves sufficient to meet obligations over the next twelve months, noting that the majority of unrestricted funds are designated for sustainable bursary grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: kept to a minimum (held: £4k)
“Reserves in the general fund are to be kept to a minimum.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emanuel School (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£868k
Total spending
£437k
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£4k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£868k£437k
31/08/2024£935k£358k
30/06/2023£486k£266k
30/06/2022£324k£226k
30/06/2021£455k£174k

Common questions

Is EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £4,930,941, with only £3,522 held in the general fund. The trustees consider this level of free reserves sufficient to meet obligations over the next twelve months, noting that the majority of unrestricted funds are designated for sustainable bursary grants. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BELLASIS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BELLASIS TRUSTFY2024£10k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£22k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EMANUEL SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST£868k—0within—no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.3m——above—no doubt
EMMANUEL SCHOOL (DERBY) LIMITED FY2025£347k—0unclear—no doubt
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND FY2025£349k—0unclear—no doubt
OLD ETONIAN TRUST(THE) FY2025£422k——unclear—no doubt
TRURO SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£371k—0unclear—no doubt

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