THE EWELME EXHIBITION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 309240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EWELME EXHIBITION ENDOWMENT

Grants for educational purposes

Objects

A) THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES. B) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS. C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING. D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS.

Area of benefit: THE PARISH OF EWELME

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

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

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

Latest income
£227k
Latest spending
£299k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £72,337 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £159,122. Per the trustees' report, this level is above the documented reserves policy target of £145,000, though the trustees plan to reduce funds to that level in the following year by setting a deficit budget.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: God's House in Ewelme (99% of income)
“Grants for educational Purposes From God's House in Ewelme 225,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £145,000 (reserves figure: £159k)
“The Charity has adopted a documented reserves policy valued at £145,000, Consisting of necessary working capital and contingencies from unforeseen events so that the Charity can continue to perform its charitable objects” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£227k£299k
31/08/2024£301k£276k
31/08/2023£200k£159k
31/12/2022£270k£279k
31/12/2021£270k£239k

Common questions

Is THE EWELME EXHIBITION FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £72,337 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £159,122. Per the trustees' report, this level is above the documented reserves policy target of £145,000, though the trustees plan to reduce funds to that level in the following year by setting a deficit budget. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EMMES FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE EWELME EXHIBITION FOUNDATION£227k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EMMES FOUNDATION FY2025£139k——unclear—no doubt
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION FY2025£223k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025£3.1m£110,000 - £119,9999above—no doubt
The Whinfell Charitable Fund FY2023£395k—0above—no doubt

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