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THETFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUST

Registered charity 311263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THETFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, THETFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Provide grants, bursaries and funding for the education of boys and girls from 3 1/2 years to 18 years of age in Thetford.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY OR DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL IN OR NEAR THETFORD WITH A PREFERENCE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS RESIDENT IN THETFORD.

Area of benefit: THETFORD

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Breckland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,097 for the year, driven by charitable spending exceeding investment income. However, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £2,222,985, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The trustees' report notes that free cash reserves were £104,647 at year-end, exceeding their stated target of £20,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: in excess of £20,000 (reserves figure: £105k)
“That said the trustee endeavours to hold free cash reserves in excess of £20,000 at any point in time.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In the previous year one of the directors was reimbursed £35 expenses in respect of filing fees for the parent company.
“In the previous year one of the directors was reimbursed £35 expenses in respect of filing fees for the parent company.” — page 15
“In the previous year another one of the directors of Thetford Educational Trustee Limited provided clerking services to the Trust totalling £300.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In the previous year another one of the directors of Thetford Educational Trustee Limited provided clerking services to the Trust totalling £300.
“In the previous year one of the directors was reimbursed £35 expenses in respect of filing fees for the parent company.” — page 15
“In the previous year another one of the directors of Thetford Educational Trustee Limited provided clerking services to the Trust totalling £300.” — page 15
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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£79k£97k
31/08/2024£76k£101k
31/08/2023£87k£92k
31/08/2022£98k£61k
31/08/2021£79k£62k

Common questions

Is THETFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,097 for the year, driven by charitable spending exceeding investment income. However, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £2,222,985, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The trustees' report notes that free cash reserves were £104,647 at year-end, exceeding their stated target of £20,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SANZ FOUNDATION1£25k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THETFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUST£79k—0unclear—no doubt
TEWKESBURY EDUCATION TRUST FUND FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
MEDESHAMSTEDE EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£13.4m——above—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£7.2m——below—no doubt
THE RADFORD EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£247k—0unclear—no doubt

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