HODGSON'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 526850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGGONBY SCHOOL TRUST

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Objects

1) IN PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR THE SCHOOL OF THE FOUNDATION 2) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL 3) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER 25 WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR FORMER PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF AIKTON, BEAUMONT AND BURGH BY SANDS

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

£54k

Latest spending

£7k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £43,711 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven primarily by grass letting income of £40,220 and bank interest. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to produce the income required to cover expected grants, with funds invested in low-risk instruments. Total net assets at valuation were reported as £1,141,712, comprising cash, investments, and the school farm.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to produce income to cover expected grants (held: £176k)

“The Trust aims to invest its funds to produce an income that will cover the expected grants to be paid. As such the level of reserves is sufficient to produce that income.” — page 2

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.

Conflicting interests

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD ANTHONY GRAHAMchair
ELEANOR MARY GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
IAN WILLIAM LANGLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
MARGARET HODGSON · trustee of 1 other charity
MARK PAISLEY
MELANIE TODD
TONY BLAMIRE
WENDY BETTS
William Hewson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£54k	£7k
31/03/2024	£74k	£29k
31/03/2023	£26k	£25k
31/03/2022	£26k	£26k
31/03/2021	£20k	£27k

Common questions

Is HODGSON'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £43,711 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven primarily by grass letting income of £40,220 and bank interest. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to produce the income required to cover expected grants, with funds invested in low-risk instruments. Total net assets at valuation were reported as £1,141,712, comprising cash, investments, and the school farm. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.