STRODE'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance the education of students of the former Strode's Sixth Form College and young persons resident in the area of the former Urban District of Egham

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£145k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £175,465 from £199,959 in the prior year, while total endowments and bequests increased significantly to £2,211,471 due to investment gains. The charity holds a reserves policy of maintaining liquid reserves equal to at least 50% of annual income, which it currently exceeds with unrestricted funds of £175,465 against total income of £114,857.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 50% of annual income (held: £175k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to hold liquid reserves of at least 50% of annual income, so as to be able to meet anticipated shortterm expenditure needs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Vivian Murray Bairstow MBEchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Carl Jonathan Mann
Colin Ian Hill Cross FRICS · trustee of 3 other charities
Dr Samantha Felicity McCormick
Frank Curry
Helena Mary Cooke · trustee of 1 other charity
NICHOLAS DERRICK JAMISON
Roberta Ann Mock
Stephen Ivor Hatherall
VANESSA CRESSWELL

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£115k	£145k
31/03/2024	£103k	£150k
31/03/2023	£100k	£43k
31/03/2022	£72k	£46k
31/03/2021	£177k	£69k

Common questions

Is STRODE'S FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £175,465 from £199,959 in the prior year, while total endowments and bequests increased significantly to £2,211,471 due to investment gains. The charity holds a reserves policy of maintaining liquid reserves equal to at least 50% of annual income, which it currently exceeds with unrestricted funds of £175,465 against total income of £114,857. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE STROUD AND RODBOROUGH EDUCATIONAL CHARITY.

THE STROUD AND RODBOROUGH EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £165k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON income £782k
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION income £10.7m
FELSTED SCHOOL income £31.6m
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £189k
STRODE PARK FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £13.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STRODE'S FOUNDATION	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STROUD AND RODBOROUGH EDUCATIONAL CHARITY FY2025	£165k	—	0	above	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON FY2025	£782k	£101,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION FY2026	£10.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FELSTED SCHOOL FY2025	£31.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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