SIR ERNEST CASSEL EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 313820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CASSEL TRUST

The giving of grants to provide equality of access to education for girls in developing countries

Objects

TO PROVIDE:- 1. A SUM NOT EXCEEDING ú150,000 TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A FACULTY OF COMMERCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 2. A SUM NOT EXCEEDING ú50,000 FOR THE SUPPORT OR ADVANCEMENT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT OF THE WORKERS EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER BODY CONCERNED WITH ADULT EDUCATION OR THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT ADVANCEMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF ANY EDUCATIONAL PROJECT OR UNDERTAKING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS CARRIED ON OR TO BE CARRIED ON OR RECOMMENDED OR APPROVED BY SUCH ASSOCIATION OR BODY. 3. A SUM NOT EXCEEDING ú20,000 FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF STUDENTSHIPS OR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE GENERAL TECHNICAL OR COMMERCIAL EDUCATION OF WORKMEN (PARTICULARY THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED PART-TIME COURSES OF EDUCATION AFTER THE AGE OF 16) OR SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF WORKMAN TO BE CARRIED ON IN THE UK OR ELSEWHERE. 4. A SUM NOT EXCEEDING ú100,000 FOR THE PROMOTION ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROFESSORSHIPS OR LECTURESHIPS AND THE FOUNDATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR BURSARIES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. 5. A SUM NOT EXCEEDING ú100,000 FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN BY THE ENDOWMENT OR ASSISTANCE OF COLLEGES FOR WOMEN. 6. A SUM OF ú80,000 FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

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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Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£7k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
1966

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2026£7k£88k
31/05/2025£14k£107k
31/05/2024£25k£326k
31/05/2023£12k£49k
31/05/2022£3k£86k