CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST

Registered charity 309671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CULHAM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE CULHAM INSTITUTE

Supporting research, development and innovation in religious education/religion and worldviews education, taking account of the current context of education in England and Wales. Grants and scholarship programmes related to RE; Programme of websites, professional development, events and resources to support teachers of RE; Partnerships with Higher Education, RE associations and RE organisations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND):(1) THE PROMOTION OF THE HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION, LIFE-LONG LEARNING AND TRAINING OF BENEFICIARIES (INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS BY MEANS OF CLASSES, LECTURES, BOOKS, LIBRARIES, ELECTRONIC MEDIA, AND READING ROOMS);(2) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN, AND DEVELOPMENT OF, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION;(3) MAKING GRANTS TO BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THEM TO ATTEND AN ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION OR OTHERWISE TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION; (4) PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION;(5) PROMOTING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY WAY THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £777,371, which is above the charity's stated policy target of approximately £280,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £724,266 for the year, largely driven by grant payments and programme costs, resulting in a decrease in net assets. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Templeton World Charity Foundation — “Templeton World Charity Foundation – partner supporting research exchange through the RExChange conference” (source page)
• The Jerusalem Trust — “The Jerusalem Trust – partner in the national RE Hubs programme, strengthening connectivity across the sector” (source page)
• All Saints Educational Trust — “All Saints Educational Trust – partner in participatory grant‑making and home education initiatives” (source page)
• St Peter’s Saltley Trust — “St Peter’s Saltley Trust – long‑standing partner in participatory grant‑making with home‑educated communities” (source page)
• Hockerill Educational Foundation — “Hockerill Educational Foundation – long standing partnership in funding Masters Scholarship programme” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Whitworthchair
• Caroline Weir
• Dr Richard Ian Kueh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Robert Andrew Bowie
• Emily Grace Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Georgiou · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gwynn Bassan
• James Charles Cowen
• Krystian McInnis
• NANSI ELLIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul William Knappett
• Revd Canon Mark David Bennet · trustee of 8 other charities
• Susie Al-Qassab
• Tony Wilson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

• THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £682k
• GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £125k
• CULLUM FAMILY TRUST income £788k
• RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COUNCIL OF ENGLAND AND WALES income £156k
• ST MARY'S COLLEGE TRUST income £41k
• ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

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