KENTISH'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 313098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This 300 year old charity makes grants to young people of secondary school age and normally up to first degree level for expenses arising from education. Some priority is given to needy young people with the family name Kentish. Otherwise, applicants need to be permanently resident in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire.

Objects

(A) THE AWARD TO BENEFICIARIES OF GRANTS TOWARDS COSTS ARISING FROM EDUCATION AT ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT APPROVED FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE TRUSTEES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS OR TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION(B) THE GRANT TO BENEFICIARIES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO HELP THEM ON LEAVING SECONDARY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE FOR, OR TO ENTER, A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.(2) IN THIS CLAUSE "BENEFICIARIES" MEANS BOYS, GIRLS AND YOUNG PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENT IN THE COUNTIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE, WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND, SUBJECT AS IN SUB-CLAUSE (3) BELOW PROVIDED, A PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN - FIRST, TO BOYS, GIRLS AND YOUNG PERSONS WITH THE FAMILY NAME KENTISH; AND SECONDLY, TO BOYS, GIRLS AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE OF KIN TO THE FOUNDER, THE SAID THOMAS KENTISH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in good financial health with total unrestricted assets of £182,377.29. The trustees consider their current reserves of around £90,000 to be more than sufficient for stated purposes, noting that this surplus is partly due to a fall in grant applications. No fundraising activities were undertaken during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR WILL DICKINSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALISON STEER
• David Jonathan Rose
• Lynda Lees · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL HIGHSTEAD
• PAUL BARNES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sherine Victoria Angus · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton

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