MITCHELL CITY OF LONDON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To offer bursaries at 6th form level for those students who attend a 'City' school or whose parents have lived or worked within the City of London for a minimum of 5 years. To offer grants to students (age 11-16) of single parent families, also with the 'City' qualification. The 'City' is the 'square mile' almost all postcodes EC3, EC4 and a small area of EC1, EC2 - not Greater London.

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

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£115k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of (68,079) due to investment losses, reducing total reserves to 1,457,793. The trustees confirm that reserves are at an appropriate level to maintain the investment portfolio and support charitable expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to support investment in approved securities and the investments should produce income adequate to cover the committed direct charitable expenditure and management and administration of the Charity (held: £1.5m)
“The level of reserves should be sufficient to support investment in approved securities and the investments should produce income adequate to cover the committed direct charitable expenditure and management and administration of the Charity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Mitchell City of London Charity
“The Educational Foundation received income of £75,283 (2024: £63,613) from the Mitchell City of London Charity during the year. Every year investment income from the Charity is used to resource the Educational Foundation.” — page 11
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

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£117k£115k
31/03/2024£105k£114k
31/03/2023£76k£112k
31/03/2022£141k£96k
31/03/2021£78k£84k

Common questions

Is MITCHELL CITY OF LONDON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of (68,079) due to investment losses, reducing total reserves to 1,457,793. The trustees confirm that reserves are at an appropriate level to maintain the investment portfolio and support charitable expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON1£134k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MITCHELL CITY OF LONDON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£117k—0above—no doubt
THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND FY2025£314k—0above—no doubt
CITY OF LONDON FREEMEN'S SCHOOL BURSARY FUND FY2025£151k—0above—no doubt
ST MARYLEBONE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£311k—0unclear—no doubt
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance FY2025£587k—0above—no doubt
ST MARYLEBONE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£311k—0unclear—no doubt

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