SOUTHOVER MANOR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 299593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants to advance for the public benefit the education of persons under the age of 25 years in any manner being exclusively charitable as the Governing Body of the Trust may from time to time determine.

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Latest income
£129k
Latest spending
£120k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net comprehensive loss of £195,397 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven primarily by an unrealised loss on investments of £203,491. Despite this, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,546,116, which the trustees view as sufficient to continue making grants for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to enable the Charity to continue to make grants to suitable applicants for the foreseeable future (held: £1.5m)
“The Trustees wish to ensure that the level of reserves and investments is sufficient to enable the Charity to continue to make grants to suitable applicants for the foreseeable future.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£129k£120k
31/03/2024£126k£113k
31/03/2023£124k£136k
31/03/2022£121k£124k
31/03/2021£118k£99k

Common questions

Is SOUTHOVER MANOR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net comprehensive loss of £195,397 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven primarily by an unrealised loss on investments of £203,491. Despite this, the trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,546,116, which the trustees view as sufficient to continue making grants for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTHOVER MANOR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£129k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RUGBY SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£358k—0below—no doubt
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£115k—0below—no doubt
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£334k—0above—no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ROW TRUST LIMITED FY2025£146.8m—0above—no doubt
GARVAN LIMITED FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt

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