THE WHITECHAPEL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's principal activity is to provide financial support for the Academy Trust of Davenant Foundation School, situated in Loughton, Essex.The Charity is also able to provide small grants to students who reside in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Latest income
£107k
Latest spending
£153k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £442,155, a decrease from the previous year's £461,684, while total net assets decreased to £3,125,002. The trustees report that the impact of the uncertain economic climate on the charity's operations continues to be limited and that there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity holds significant permanent endowment funds of £2,401,077 and maintains a designated fixed asset fund of £243,018.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Accumulated until school requires financial support for a project (held: £442k)
“Reserves are accumulated until such time as the school requires financial support for a project. Trustees decide upon the level of support, taking account of both the needs of the school and the reserves available.” — 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

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

Operates in: Essex · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£107k£153k
31/03/2024£105k£67k
31/03/2023£96k£165k
31/03/2022£91k£93k
31/03/2021£89k£114k

Common questions

Is THE WHITECHAPEL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £442,155, a decrease from the previous year's £461,684, while total net assets decreased to £3,125,002. The trustees report that the impact of the uncertain economic climate on the charity's operations continues to be limited and that there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity holds significant permanent endowment funds of £2,401,077 and maintains a designated fixed asset fund of £243,018. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/04/2004£114kDavenant Foundation School

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WHITECHAPEL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION FY2025£77.1m——unclear—no doubt
ST DUNSTAN'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£25.1m——unclear—no doubt
DAME ALICE OWEN'S FOUNDATION FY2025£4.9m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LATYMER FOUNDATION AT EDMONTON FY2025£469k—0unclear21.7%no doubt
THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATION FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt

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