FAIRFIELD SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 526999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAIRFIELD ENDOWED SCHOOL TRUSTEES

To provide grants to young people residing in the Fairfield area of Buxton, to assist with their education at university or college. Also to give grants for sports, study of music & other arts. Generally assisting with those costs.

Objects

THIRD OF INCOME FOR SPECIAL BENEFITS NOT PROVIDED BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY AS AGREED BETWEEN GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES. RESIDUE FOR UNDER 25'S WITH PARENTS RESIDENT IN ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, FAIRFIELD IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS (A) EXHIBITIONS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, (B) FINANCE FOR CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO PREPARE TO ENTER TRADE PROFESSION OR CALLING, (C) FINANCE FOR STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS, (D) BURSARIES FOR TRAVEL TO PURSUE EDUCATION, (E) OTHERWISE PROMOTING EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER FAIRFIELD AND SURROUNDINGS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased from £1,390,787 to £1,336,703, driven by a net movement in funds of £(54,084). Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased slightly to £142,884, while endowment funds decreased to £1,193,819. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTIN BISKNELLchair
• ANNE ROGERSON
• Alan Pimblett
• CHARLES KITCHEN
• Christine Tunnicliffe
• Gill Kitchen
• Pauline Salt
• RACHAEL QUINN
• Rev John Howard Robson

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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