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YARDLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 528918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The giving of grants to students at secondary educational establishments for clothing, sport kit and books. Other grants for the furthering of vocational training and assisting apprentices. Grants to educational establishments for students 11 years and over

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Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£157k
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £5,363,026, with unrestricted funds at £63,436. The trustees report that the level of reserves is in line with their policy of building funds sufficient to improve facilities and generate income for grants. The charity had no employees during the year and incurred no fundraising costs, focusing its resources on charitable grants and investment management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (66% of income)
“Dividends and interest 132,782” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: building funds sufficient to improve, add to and increase the facilities held for charitable purposes and to generate sufficient income to be able to make grants available (held: £63k)
“The level of reserves held is in line with the Trustees policy of building funds sufficient to improve, add to and increase the facilities held for charitable purposes and to generate sufficient income to be able to make grants available.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£200k£157k
31/03/2024£199k£262k
31/03/2023£186k£324k
31/03/2022£181k£252k
31/03/2021£168k£180k

Common questions

Is YARDLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £5,363,026, with unrestricted funds at £63,436. The trustees report that the level of reserves is in line with their policy of building funds sufficient to improve facilities and generate income for grants. The charity had no employees during the year and incurred no fundraising costs, focusing its resources on charitable grants and investment management. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN LANDS CHARITY1£96k
SONGDALE LIMITED1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YARDLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£200k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£378k—0above—no doubt
THE CHIPPING SODBURY ENDOWED SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2026£74k—0unclear—no doubt
READING BLUE COAT AND ARCHBISHOP LAUD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£199k—0below—no doubt
ALDERMAN NEWTON'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2026£197k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND LEEDS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£617k—0below—no doubt

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