THE GIBSON FLEMING SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

Registered charity 313896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PRIMARY OBJECTS OF THIS CHARITABLE TRUST ARE TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AT ELIZABETH COLLEGE, GUERNSEY, AND FOR SUCH STUDENTS' FURTHER EDUCATION THEREAFTER.

Objects

"ELIZABETH COLLEGE" SHALL MEAN ELIZABETH COLLEGE AT GUERNSEY IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.I) THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS AT ELIZABETH COLLEGE AND II) IN THE CASE OF BOYS AND GIRLS WHO SHALL HAVE BEEN IN RECEIPT OF SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS AT ELIZABETH COLLEGE THE PROVISION WHEN AND IF THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT OF GRANTS FOR THEIR FURTHER EDUCATION (WHETHER GENERAL OR SPECIALISED) ELSEWHERE THEREAFTER------- "THE RESIDUARY OBJECTS OF THE TRUST" SHALL MEAN THE EDUCATION (WHETHER GENERAL OR SPECIALISED) OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN GUERNSEY AND IN SCOTLAND.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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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Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£21k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £34,969 against a policy target of covering twelve months of outgoings, which the trustees consider sufficient. The charity reported a net increase in total assets of £30,138, driven by investment income and sales, while charitable grants paid totaled £11,151. The trustees confirmed that assets are adequate to meet current obligations despite noting turbulent market conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover the charity's outgoings for the forthcoming twelve month period (held: £35k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds sufficient to cover the charity's outgoings for the forthcoming twelve month period” — 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Guernsey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£35k£21k
31/03/2024£37k£22k
31/03/2023£35k£19k
05/04/2022£31k£8k
05/04/2021£32k£8k

Common questions

Is THE GIBSON FLEMING SCHOLARSHIP TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £34,969 against a policy target of covering twelve months of outgoings, which the trustees consider sufficient. The charity reported a net increase in total assets of £30,138, driven by investment income and sales, while charitable grants paid totaled £11,151. The trustees confirmed that assets are adequate to meet current obligations despite noting turbulent market conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.