WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL INDEPENDENCE APPEALS FUND

Registered charity 507487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WGS FOUNDATION

The objects of the Charity are to support and fund the activities of Wolverhampton Grammar School Limited. This is achieved by providing bursaries and scholarships to pupils who would otherwise be unable to attend the School and also in offering support to the School for its day to day operations when required.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is limited to the introductory section of the Independent Auditors' Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative commentary on the charity's financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Alan Harperchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Holles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Round · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robin Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust.

• Cheadle Hulme School Bursary Trust income £620k
• Headington School Oxford Limited income £28.8m
• ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WORCESTER income £26.3m
• WARWICK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £53.3m
• NORWICH CATHEDRAL CHOIR ENDOWMENT FUND income £253k
• DARTFORD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL FUND income £128k

Side by side with its peers

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