LEWES EXHIBITION FUND

Registered charity 306970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to administer the freehold property owned by the charity and to apply the income therefrom and the investment income of the charity for the benefit of poor people in the Borough of Lewes (Blunts charity) and provide education grants for people within a distance of 5 miles from the Law Courts in Lewes in the case of the educational purposes fund.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BY MEANS OF SCHOLARSHIPS BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR FINANCIAL HELP TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO PREPARE FOR, OR TO ENTER, A TRADE, PROFESSION OR CALLING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £12,374 against unrestricted income of £415, while restricted reserves were significantly higher at £1,020,342. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability 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 3 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR JP GRAHAM MAYHEWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Janet Baah · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Tregea Lamb
• Michael Pierre Chartier
• Mike Keeping
• RONALD COOK
• Susan Murray · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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