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Educational Opportunity Foundation

The British And Foreign School Society

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
314286
Status
Registered
Registered
April 6, 1964
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Canopi
82 Tanner Street
London
SE1 3GN

Activities

The Foundation seeks to enhance the lives of people throughout the world by promoting the advancement of opportunity for education, that is the physical, intellectual, moral, religious and spiritual development of the whole person regardless of ethnicity, nationality or religious belief. It makes grants for educational projects principally to organisations and institutions.

Objects: To Advance Education For The Benefit Of The Public In Particular By Providing Educational Opportunity For Children And Young People In The UK And Overseas, In Accordance With The Above Principles And Objects, IT Is Acknowledged That The Aim Of The Society Has Constantly Been To Develop The The Physical, Moral And Mental Nature Of The Pupils Historically In Its Own Schools And Colleges By Giving The Best Secular Instruction And Training, By Using The Holy Scriptures Without Any Catechism Or Formerly Distinctive Of Any Religious Denomination, And More Recently In Other Ways And In Other Educational Establishments.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training
Who
Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Geography

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £625,565 £1,710,089 £26,376,800 4
Dec. 31, 2023 £620,437 £1,614,538 £25,455,989 5
Dec. 31, 2022 £679,665 £1,336,955 £24,870,741 4
Dec. 31, 2021 £649,678 £1,142,258 £29,566,992 3
Dec. 31, 2020 £647,027 £1,011,317 £26,920,571 3

Trustees

Name Appointed
Jane Creasy (Chair) May 18, 2017
Annette Foster May 19, 2026
Anood Al-Samerai May 14, 2021
Charlotte Cashman May 17, 2019
David Crowther May 12, 2023
Janice Miller July 1, 2020
Jeanette Brady May 7, 2024
Kerry Dinnie May 13, 2025
Nicholas Tesseyman May 12, 2023
Richard Thurston May 19, 2026
Robert Spencer May 7, 2024
Saurav Tamang May 13, 2025

Linked charities

  • Saffron Walden Governors' Fund (314286-1)
  • The Wilmslow British School Endowment Fund (314286-2)
  • The Alfred Bourne Trust Fund (314286-3)
  • The British School Charity (314286-4)
  • South Church Educational Fund (314286-5)
  • Berridge Trust Fund (314286-6)