SEALE-HAYNE EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 306613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEALE-HAYNE COLLEGE TRUST, THE SEALE-HAYNE EDUCATIONAL TRUST

The activities of the Trust are governed by the Subject, to include the art, science and technology of agriculture, food and land use and of disciplines supporting agriculture, food and land use or such other arts, sciences and branches of technology as the Trustees may determine.

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £5,880 to £4,580, while restricted reserves fell from £2,081,574 to £2,048,375 due to an unrealised investment loss of £33,199. The trustees report that the Trust has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future and prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document, only that trustees agreed an amount should be held to manage unexpected spend.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The University of Plymouth is deemed to be a related party of the Trust given the composition of the Trustees and the objectives of the Trust. The University of Plymouth provides the administrative and finance function for the Trust that includes transactions with the Fund Manager. The following transactions took place: 2025 2024 Nature of transaction £ £ Contribution received from the University CRISPS project 50,000 - Grants paid by the Trust 108,321 63,594 Grants repaid to the Trust 6,493 6,608 Administration charge payable to the University 5,456 5,323

“The University of Plymouth is deemed to be a related party of the Trust given the composition of the Trustees and the objectives of the Trust. The University of Plymouth provides the administrative and finance function for the Trust that includes transactions with the Fund Manager. The following transactions took place: 2025 2024 Nature of transaction £ £ Contribution received from the University CRISPS project 50,000 - Grants paid by the Trust 108,321 63,594 Grants repaid to the Trust 6,493 6,608 Administration charge payable to the University 5,456 5,323” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Iain Robert McVicar
Phil Le Grice
Professor Jerry Roberts
Professor Toby Knowles
Professor William Blake

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£114k	£115k
31/07/2024	£63k	£70k
31/07/2023	£67k	£61k
31/07/2022	£70k	£65k
31/07/2021	£67k	£68k

Common questions

Is SEALE-HAYNE EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £5,880 to £4,580, while restricted reserves fell from £2,081,574 to £2,048,375 due to an unrealised investment loss of £33,199. The trustees report that the Trust has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future and prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document, only that trustees agreed an amount should be held to manage unexpected spend. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MATER ECCLESIAE CIO	1	£190k

Charities like this

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

CLAN TRUST LIMITED income £118k
SEEDFIELD TRUST income £111k
THE SARGENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £682k
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £213k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.0m
SR & PH Southall Trust income £140k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SEALE-HAYNE EDUCATIONAL TRUST	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLAN TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£118k	—	below	—	no doubt
SEEDFIELD TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SARGENT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£682k	—	above	—	no doubt
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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