THE GRAY'S INN SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST

Registered charity 313604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education in the law for students and members of Gray's Inn by the awarding of scholarships to all with ability.

Objects

IN OR TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION IN THE LAW OF STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF GRAY'S INN.

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 total reserves stood at £18.7m, with £7.8m classified as unrestricted. The trustees report that these unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover over five years of expenditure on scholarships at existing levels. The charity generated a net income of £142k for the year, supported by investment income and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~94.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Forsdick KC
• Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC
• Thomas Weitzman KC

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND.

• HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN TRUST FUND income £2.6m
• BEDINGFIELD'S TRUST income £119k
• THE GRAY TRUST income £114k
• CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE income £720k
• THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k
• THE INNER TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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