BISHOP WORDSWORTH'S TRUST

Registered charity 309475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BISHOP WORDSWORTH'S SCHOOL

Parental contributions to help enable the school to provide additional resources in support of excellence in education.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 THROUGH:(1) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOL;(2) GIVING GRANTS, BURSARIES OR OTHER PAYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED INCLUDING: (A) TO ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN ANY MANNER APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES (INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AT ANY SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER PLACE OF LEARNING); AND (B) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THEM TO ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING OR TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total funds to £1,034,410 from £1,075,706 in the previous period. The Trust holds unrestricted general funds of £922,925 and has identified a contingent liability of £210,000 regarding a potential contribution to a new teaching block project. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the continuation of the charity.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Nadine Cox
• Mark Andrew Harmsworth
• Noah Williams
• Rupert Blake
• Webster Gauhar

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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