HORNBIE'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 503802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORNBIES FOUNDATION, NEWTON CHARITY

Since the inception of the Trust the main area of funding has been in assisting the development and needs of the school. The policy of the Charitable Trust is to review on a regular basis requests for financial assistance which meet the objectives and criteria of the Trust.

Objects

1) ASSISTING MANAGERS OF THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL IN THE PARISH OF NEWTON-WITH-CLIFTON TO DEFRAY COSTS OF MEETING OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944 TO 1976. 2) PROVIDING SPECIAL BENEFITS AT THE SCHOOL NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY 3) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SCHOOL IN SUCH WAYS AS THE GOVERNORS THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF NEWTON WITH CLIFTON.

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

Causes: Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fylde, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,100,726 (comprising £310,726 in income funds and £2,779,524 in capital funds) alongside a revaluation reserve of £2,022,007. The trustees report that the charity's performance has been 'most satisfactory' and that it has been able to provide ongoing support for its charitable objects. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the accounts or compliance with the Act.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER LUKE BANNISTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cllr Paul Rigby
• GEOFF FOGDEN
• JENNIFER CHRISTINE BENSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN CHRISTOPHER HARGREAVES MATHEWS · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN RICHARD TOMLINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Kitchen
• MICHAEL HENRY TOMLINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Robert Gornall · trustee of 1 other charity
• RUTH HARDMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shaun Baldwin
• Thomas James Parkinson

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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