THE TRAPNELL FUND

Registered charity 517177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support or promote the advancement of education by the provision of bursaries and scholarships at Rossall School and by the provision of grants and scholarships to persons leaving Rossall School in full-time education at any university, college, school or other educational establishment.

Objects

TO SUPPORT OR PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS AT ROSSALL SCHOOL, FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE AND BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO PERSONS LEAVING ROSSALL SCHOOL FOR FULL-TIME EDUCATION AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, SCHOOL OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. (FOR FUTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 (2-3) OF THE DEED.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net unrestricted income funds increased by £38,125 during the year, with total unrestricted reserves carried forward at £363,450. The trustees confirm that reserves represent the equivalent of five to six terms’ full boarding fees for three pupils, which they consider sufficient to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 22/11/2024, 145 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Belinda Anne Doshichair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ARTHUR NORMAN STEPHENSON MA
• HAZEL N TRAPNELL
• JOHN WHITLOCK
• MARTIN CRAVEN
• Marcus John Shadbolt

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CASTLEFIELD SCHOOL FUND.

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• THE ROSSALL SCHOOL CENTENARY FUND income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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