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City of London Freemen's School Bursary Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 284769SurreyEducation and training
Income£151k2025-03-31
Spending£280ksame year
Spent / received69%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctEducation and training
Registered1982Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

City of London Freemen's School Bursary Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City of London Freemen's School Bursary Fund reported income of £151k and spending of £280k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £269k to £151k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, City of London Freemen's School Bursary Fund sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ardleigh Pre-School (£151k), South Bretton Pre-School (£151k) and Aston Pre-School (CIO) (£151k).

Income and spending

£0£70k£140k£210k£280k2021 Income: £269,0682021 Spending: £36,54920212022 Income: £174,0832022 Spending: £43,22520222023 Income: £112,7832023 Spending: £29,72320232024 Income: £127,9982024 Spending: £184,63120242025 Income: £150,6982025 Spending: £279,5212025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The aims of the City of London Freemen's School Bursary Fund are to contribute towards the fees payable to the school by pupils who would be unable to continue education at the school without financial assistance or who would be unable to commence education at the school despite being accepted.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Ardleigh Pre-SchoolLondon£151k
South Bretton Pre-SchoolPeterborough£151k
Aston Pre-School (CIO)Hertfordshire£151k
Puffins Pre-SchoolBournemouth£151k