KING EDWARD THE SIXTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BURY ST EDMUNDS, FOUNDATION

Registered charity 310485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation provides scholarships, bursaries, maintenance and overseas travel grants and other financial assistance to beneficiaries up to the age of 25 to facilitate their educational, recreational, social and physical development; to enable the study of music and other arts and deliver special benefits to the School not normally provided by the Local Education Authority.

Objects

IN AWARDING TO BENEFICIARIES SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER PLACE OF LEARNING, APPROVED BY THE GOVERNORS. IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIE TO STUDY MUSIC OF OTHER ARTS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BURY ST. EDMUNDS

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £774,027, which is an increase from the previous year's £762,196. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future, supported by an investment portfolio valued at £1,258,826, despite a net loss on investments of £11,024 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain reserves to ensure consistent level of charitable expenditure (held: £774k)
“It is the policy of the Governors of the Foundation to maintain these reserves, and hence the underlying investment portfolio so as to best ensure a consistent level of charitable expenditure can be maintained.”
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: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£54k£53k
31/03/2024£52k£49k
31/03/2023£47k£55k
31/03/2022£44k£45k
31/03/2021£38k£38k

Common questions

Is KING EDWARD THE SIXTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BURY ST EDMUNDS, FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £774,027, which is an increase from the previous year's £762,196. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future, supported by an investment portfolio valued at £1,258,826, despite a net loss on investments of £11,024 during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.