JOHN LAUGHTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 527637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide benefits of any kind not normally provided by the local education authority for any school within the Borough of Boston as constituted on the 31st March,1974;To promote religious instruction according to the doctrines of the Church of England.

Objects

SUBJECT TO PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (A) IN OR TOWARDS PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR ANY SCHOOL IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (B) IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE OR HAVE A PARENT RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 28 OF SCHEME)

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BOSTON AS CONSTITUTED ON 31 MARCH 1974

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £17,791, which the Trustees seek to make available for grants in the following year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's work is entirely reliant on investment returns, and the value of investments decreased by £23,167 during the year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(23,848).

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Lawsonchair
• Barbara Ann Charity · trustee of 4 other charities
• Brian Eric Penny Wookey
• Fr David Stephenson
• Mike Gilbert
• Stephen Woodliffe · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stuart John Green
• Susan Andrea Morrison · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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