Minsterworth Free School Foundation

Registered charity 311648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FREE SCHOOL

The trustees of Minsterworth Free School account was set up in 1978 after the sale of the Caretakers house of Minsterworth School. The charity commissioners pay the interest on the capital four times a year to the School.

Objects

THE PROPERTY SHALL BE USED:(1) PRIMARILY, TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; AND (2) WHEN NOT USED FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSE, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF MINSTERWORTH

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position was healthy at the end of the period, with unrestricted reserves totaling £74,202. This figure comprises £49,070 held in a CCLA investment fund and £32,147 in the bank account. The trustees report a positive bank balance and note that reserves are held for emergency building repairs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Leslie Brooks
• RITA GARBUTT
• Roger Michael Ingham
• Susan Smith

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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