WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAMBETH ENDOWED CHARITIES

Our area of benefit is coterminous with the London Borough of Lambeth (though we are an entirely independent foundation). We exist for the relief of poverty amongst Lambeth residents (mainly under 30 years of age) and we do this by promoting education (broadly defined). Our aim is to offer a 'hand up', not a 'hand out', and to 'tackle poverty by creating opportunity'.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the audit resulted in an unqualified opinion with no corrected or uncorrected misstatements identified. The auditor noted that there were no significant deficiencies in the internal control environment requiring attention during the 2025 financial statement audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Walcot Projects Limited
“Threat: We are preparing and submitting the 2025 tax computation and return of Walcot Projects Limited to HMRC.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Walcot Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£4.7m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£8.3m
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~21.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 48.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.2m£4.7m
31/03/2024£3.2m£4.4m
31/03/2023£3.8m£5.5m
31/03/2022£3.0m£4.2m
31/03/2021£3.1m£3.3m

Common questions

Is WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the audit resulted in an unqualified opinion with no corrected or uncorrected misstatements identified. The auditor noted that there were no significant deficiencies in the internal control environment requiring attention during the 2025 financial statement audit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£3.2m——unclear—no doubt
Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust FY2025£284k—0unclear—no doubt
IN-DEEP COMMUNITY TASK FORCE FY2025£141k—0unclear—noted
WHALLEY PRE - SCHOOL FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
KCWA TRUST LTD FY2025£217k—0above—no doubt

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