MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 310018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- the maintenance, improvement and support of Merchant Taylors' School;- the benefit of the said school or of all or any of the pupils attending the said school in any manner which is exclusively charitable;- the founding or support of schools of learning generally;- the advancement of education generally

Objects

THE TRUST PROPERTY SHALL BE HELD AND APPLIED FOR OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS (WHETHER EDUCATIONAL OR OTHERWISE) IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND BOTH CAPITAL AND INCOME WITHOUT DISTINCTION SHALL BE SO APPLICABLE. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE PRIMARY TRUST DECLARED BY CLAUSE 5 HEREOF BUT SUBJECT AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 22 HEREOF THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR SELECTION OF PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND PAY SPECIAL REGARD TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES (THAT IS TO SAY):- (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE SUPPORT TO THE MTET SCHOOLS (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, PRIZES OR OTHER AWARDS OR GRANTS TO PUPILS ATTENDING ANY OF THE MTET SCHOOLS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TO ANY FORMER PUPIL OF ANY OF THE MTET SCHOOLS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL) EDUCATION. (D) THE FOUNDING OR PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS FELLOWSHIPS LECTURESHIPS AND PRIZES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL BODY THE REDUCTION OF SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY FEES THE PROVISION OF FREE EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY AMENITIES. (E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY. (F) THE MAKING OF GIFTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY IN THE FREE DISPOSITION OF THE TRUST TO OTHER BODIES HAVING OBJECTS SOLELY CHARITABLE (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH OBJECTS ARE SIMILAR TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS).

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.

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Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,839,236, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £113,000 - £227,000. The trustees note that despite this, they do not feel exposed to operational risks requiring emergency expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase of £68,159 for the year, supported by investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 02/07/2026, 2 days after the 30/06/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: BRADESTRETE SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 01797249

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~23.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER PETER HARE
• DAVID JACKSON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Lady Annie Harding
• Martin Robb · trustee of 3 other charities
• PETER HOWARD WATKINS · trustee of 3 other charities
• ROBERT-JAN TEMMINK
• Simon Bass · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL.

• MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL income £31.8m
• THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £94k
• MERCERS' SCHOOL MEMORIAL TRUST (INCORPORATING THE MERRETT BEQUEST) income £72k
• ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST income £4.5m
• TEACHERS GROUP EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £179k
• The Merchant Taylors' Foundation income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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