THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation promotes the education of persons under the age of 25 years who or whose parents are resident in the London Borough of Haringey or who have at any time attended as a pupil at a school in that Borough and who are in need of financial assistance. It also provides benefits at maintained schools and colleges in the Borough which are not normally provided by the LEA or Governing Body.

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Latest income
£514k
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1,003,016 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a total fund balance of £26,144,249. Per the trustees' report, the foundation's assets remain below the levels achieved in 2021 due to grants exceeding budgeted amounts, leading trustees to express concern that this lack of growth could impair future award increases. Consequently, the trustees have set a prudent budget of £1,000,000 for awards and grants for the 2025/2026 period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bacha & Bacha (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£514k
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£29k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£514k£1.5m
31/08/2024£457k£1.4m
31/08/2023£365k£1.3m
31/08/2022£343k£1.2m
31/08/2021£400k£830k

Common questions

Is THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1,003,016 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a total fund balance of £26,144,249. Per the trustees' report, the foundation's assets remain below the levels achieved in 2021 due to grants exceeding budgeted amounts, leading trustees to express concern that this lack of growth could impair future award increases. Consequently, the trustees have set a prudent budget of £1,000,000 for awards and grants for the 2025/2026 period. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bacha & Bacha (Audit) Limited.

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
HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY1£500k
CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON1£134k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION£514k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£395k—0unclear—no doubt
MAGDALEN AND LASHER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£305k—0unclear—no doubt
AYLESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
BECKETT'S AND SARGEANT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£284k—0unclear—no doubt
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION FY2025£157k—0above—no doubt

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