THE MALVERNIAN SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 527573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raises funds from former pupils and friends of Malvern College in order to make grants to Malvern College and means-tested grants to former pupils of Malvern College doing training or research work.

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Latest income

£209k

Latest spending

£17.7m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity transferred its tangible assets, investments, and cash to Malvern College during the year, leaving total reserves of £3,347 at the year end. The trustees expect the charity to close by mid-2026, and consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern. The independent auditor noted this basis but did not modify their opinion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“It is the expectation of management and those charged with governance that the Society is to be closed by mid 2026. As this is expected to be within twelve months of the approval of the financial statements, the financial statements for the year have not been prepared on a going concern basis.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£38k

Reserves (reported)

£6.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~69.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Derrick Straker QCchair
ANTHONY RICHARD HIGGINS
Andrew Keith Metcalfe
John Charles Barwell OBE
Justin James Westmorland Ewbank Major
Michele Edwards
Rebecca Connell
Samson Ayotunde Afolabi
Simon Hooper

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£209k	£17.7m
31/07/2024	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/07/2023	£1.1m	£664k
31/07/2022	£756k	£800k
31/07/2021	£1.7m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE MALVERNIAN SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity transferred its tangible assets, investments, and cash to Malvern College during the year, leaving total reserves of £3,347 at the year end. The trustees expect the charity to close by mid-2026, and consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern. The independent auditor noted this basis but did not modify their opinion. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MALVERN COLLEGE.

MALVERN COLLEGE income £55.8m
THE MARLBURIAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND income £209k
MALVERN ST JAMES LIMITED income £15.0m
THE FRIENDS OF MALVERN PRIORY income £112k
THE MALDEN TRUST LIMITED income £8.7m
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SOCIETY income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MALVERNIAN SOCIETY LIMITED	£209k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
MALVERN COLLEGE FY2025	£55.8m	£230,000 - £240,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARLBURIAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£209k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MALVERN ST JAMES LIMITED FY2025	£15.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF MALVERN PRIORY FY2025	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MALDEN TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£8.7m	—	—	unclear	—	not going concern

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