WHALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 526473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This a charity based in the village of Whalley, Lancashire and its aim is to provide educational opportunities to the people, particularly children, of Whalley and the surrounding areas.

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Latest income
£217k
Latest spending
£258k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total cash funds of £70,454 at the end of the period, a decrease from £111,378 in the prior year. The trustees have resolved to maintain reserves sufficient for building maintenance, with any excess distributed at their discretion. The filing confirms no material matters were identified during the independent examination that would hinder understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the needs of maintenance of our building (held: £70k)
“The trustees have resolved that we will maintain reserves considered sufficient to meet the needs of maintenance of our building.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£217k£258k
31/12/2023£85k£39k
31/12/2022£37k£37k
31/12/2021£38k£46k
31/12/2020£27k£18k

Common questions

Is WHALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total cash funds of £70,454 at the end of the period, a decrease from £111,378 in the prior year. The trustees have resolved to maintain reserves sufficient for building maintenance, with any excess distributed at their discretion. The filing confirms no material matters were identified during the independent examination that would hinder understanding of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WHALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITYFY2023£2k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITYFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2021£10kSocial Area Refurbishment

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WHALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£217k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024£956k—0above—no doubt
WALTON LEIGH SCHOOL PARENT STAFF ASSOCIATION FY2024£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT FOUNDATION FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WREXHAM (PAROCHIAL) EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£428k—0above—no doubt
PHYLLIS WALLBANK EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.