COWLEY'S ENDOWED SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 527291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COWLEYS FOUNDATION

To provide funds for educational purposes as the trustees see fit for beneficiaries who are under the age of 25 and have resided in the Parishes of Donington, Bicker, Quadring, Swineshead, Gosberton, Horbling, Swaton and Helpringham for no less than 2 years and who have attended for not less than 2 years either The Thomas Cowley Primary School or the Thomas Cowley High School in Donington.

Objects

1. A VOLUNTARY SECONDARY SCHOOL AND A VOLUNTARY PRIMARY SCHOOL. 2. SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR THE SCHOOLS OF THE FOUNDATION. 3. OTHER EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS IN THE FORM OF :- SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES. PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, CLOTHING, TOOLS, BOOKS ETC. TO ASSIST ENTRY INTO A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING. SCHOLARSHIPS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES FOR TRAVEL ABROAD IN PURSUIT OF EDUCATION. PROVIDING FACILITES OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE L.E.A. FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE RECEIVING PRIMARY, SECONDARY, OR FURTHER EDUCATION. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF DONINGTON AND NEIGHBOURING PARISHES

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 free reserves are in a deficit of £9,566, which has decreased from the previous year. The charity is funded by investment income and maintains a designated tree maintenance fund and a grant fund with a balance of £67,500. The trustees intend to continue gradual recovery of the deficit while enabling distributions to beneficiaries.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Rollinsonchair
• Eleanor Stevenson
• Elizabeth Wray
• JANE CATHERINE STANLEY
• JANE KING
• Jonathan Pearson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Margaret Baxter
• Nicola Jill Campbell
• Paul Christian Slater
• Rev Mark John Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Cole
• Simon Charles Walsh

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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