THE CHURCH SCHOOLS OF CAMBRIDGE (THE OLD SCHOOLS)

Registered charity 311326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OLD SCHOOLS OF CAMBRIDGE

The objects of the Trust are to use Trust funds to:i)develop, insure, maintain and repair the school property of 4 city schools,ii)to provide grants to promote the education of persons under the age of 25 within the City of Cambridgeiii)to promote education, within the City of Cambridge, according to the principles and doctrines of the Church of England by means including Sunday Schools.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:(1) THE PROVISION OF SITES FOR THE EXISTING SCHOOLS OF THE CHARITY IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE WHICH SHALL BE CONDUCTED AS VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS. (2) THE PROVISION OF SITES FOR NEW SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(3) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOLS.(4) IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF THE BENEFICIARIES WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO ATTEND, ARE ATTENDING, OR HAVE FOR NOT LESS THAN 2 YEARS AT ANY TIME ATTENDED, AN EXISTING OR NEW SCHOOL OF THE CHARITY, AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY:(I) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL) EDUCATION APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE TRUSTEE;(II) PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF, OR TO PREPARE FOR OR ENTER A PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.(5) IN PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Area of benefit: CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased significantly to £377,654 from £1,024,678 in the prior year, largely due to a one-off capital grant received in 2024. Per the trustees' report, free/unrestricted reserves stood at £2,316,163, and the trustees believe resources are adequate to meet current commitments and potential liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Prentis & Co LLP. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Isobel Rawlinson — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Great St Mary’s (GSM) — “we are part-funding a Science and Faith Engagement Officer at GSM who is working with congregations, schools and student communities to dev…” (source page)
• Acorn Project — “We are funding the costs of a practitioner for one day a week to develop an intervention drop-in model to focus on tackling inequalities.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~26.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (66% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PATRICIA PRITCHARDchair
• ANDREW IAN MACLELLAN
• Caroline Mary Peet
• DR KEITH CARNE · trustee of 2 other charities
• GILL AMBROSE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jonathan Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Andrew Day · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Imogen Nay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Lucinda Catherine Howard
• Rev Ruth Barry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Michael Jarvis

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT YOUTH FOR CHRIST.

• CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT YOUTH FOR CHRIST income £187k
• UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
• THE KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM TRUST income £730k
• UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD income £1.0m
• CAMBRIDGE CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA income £25k
• KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE income £129k

Side by side with its peers

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