SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 296368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL, SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSONS' MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL AT ROCHESTER

Trustees' Report and Financial Statements will follow by post

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH:I. THE PROVISION OF A SITE IN ROCHESTER FOR THE SCHOOL; ANDII. FURTHERING THE EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES ATTENDING THE SCHOOL CONDUCTED ON THE CHARITY’S PROPERTY BY THE AWARD OF PRIZES (OR OTHER SUITABLE REWARD); AND III. GIVING GRANTS, BURSARIES OR OTHER PAYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (OR TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED BY SUCH BENEFICIARIES); AND IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SUCH BENEFICIARIES TO ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING OR TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION; AND(B) TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL OR ANCILLARY FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIARIES AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: ROCHESTER

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £736,370, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of not falling below £20,000. The charity reported a net income of £197,841 for the year, driven by investment gains, and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Russell John Racechair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Gail Mary Christina Halls
• IAN MCLEOD
• James Nicholas Barney
• Shirley Anne Gurteen
• Stephanie Mary Brivio OBE
• The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Gail Mary Christina Halls — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
• IAN MCLEOD — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
• James Nicholas Barney — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
• Russell John Race — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
• Shirley Anne Gurteen — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
• Stephanie Mary Brivio OBE — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
• The Very Rev. Dr. Philip John Hesketh — trustee here and at SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST income £173k
• BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k
• WILLIAMSON TRUST income £727k
• THE JULIUS SILMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £32k
• THE JOSEPH CHARITABLE TRUST income £505k
• H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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