BAYLIES' EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 527118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Financial assistance to young people and schools and promotion of education. Recipients must be resident in Dudley MBC area and schools will be within the borough.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOYS AND GIRLS RESIDENT IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, BY MEANS OF: (A) EXHIBITIONS TENABLE AT ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL, TRAINING COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER EDUCATION. (B) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS. (C) OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF DUDLEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,669 for the year ended 28 February 2026, with unrestricted funds increasing to £154,563. The trustees report that investment aims have been achieved and cash funds total £163,178 at year-end. The charity maintains undistributed income of £222,078, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of retaining a minimum of one year’s normal income (£50,000).

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN MCALLISTER CLELANDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BARBARA DENISE COLES · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLIN VICTOR KNIPE · trustee of 3 other charities
• JOHN RICHARD BAIRD GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• NICOLAS ANTHONY BARLOW · trustee of 5 other charities
• PETER MARSH · trustee of 4 other charities
• Peter Bishop · trustee of 1 other charity
• THOMAS PHILIP WESTLEY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

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