KING'S CLIFFE SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 309790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supply of accommodation/housing. grants to individuals for further education.

Objects

PROMOTION OF SCHOOL AND SPECIAL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. IF AND SO FAR AS IN THE OPINION OF THE GOVERNORS THE SAID NET INCOME CANNOT IN ANY YEAR BE SUITABLE AND EFFECTIVELY APPLIED AS AFORESAID THE GOVERNORS MAY APPLY THE INCOME TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE KING'S CLIFFE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY PROVIDED THAT AMOUNT SO APPLIED DOES NOT EXCEED ONE HALF OF THE GROSS INCOME FOR SUCH YEAR.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF KING'S CLIFFE

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£39k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained cash reserves of £77,985 in the General Fund and £35,898 in the Designated Fund at the end of the year. The trustees report that their aim of maintaining £10,000 in each current account was frustrated by bank behavior, though the overall financial position shows an excess of receipts over payments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 in each current account (held: £114k)
“The trustees’ aim of maintaining £10,000 in each current account has been frustrated by Barclays’ behaviour in returning cheques.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£60k£39k
30/09/2024£29k£10k
30/09/2023£27k£17k
30/09/2022£27k£211k
30/09/2021£214k£18k

Common questions

Is KING'S CLIFFE SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained cash reserves of £77,985 in the General Fund and £35,898 in the Designated Fund at the end of the year. The trustees report that their aim of maintaining £10,000 in each current account was frustrated by bank behavior, though the overall financial position shows an excess of receipts over payments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.