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Description
A local foundation that uses the legacy of Sir William Harpur, the founder in 1566, to benefit the inhabitants of the Borough of Bedford through the promotion of education; the relief of poverty, sickness and distress; and the provision of recreational facilities with a social welfare purpose.
Also known as
- The Bedford Charity (the Harpur Trust)
- Bedford High School Building Fund
- Bedford High School Development Trust
- Bedford School Boarding House Trust
- Bedford School Development Fund
- Bedford School Restoration Trust
- Bedford School-Progress Appeal
- Bedford Giving
- Eric Robinson Prize
- Fuller Mathematical Prize
- The Harpur Foundation
- Harpur Pre-Preparatory Schools Ltd
- The Harpur Trust
- Henry Perry Prize
- Inskip Croft Geography Prizes
- J M Elgar Bequest
- Lewis Sabre Award
- Parents Associated Careers Fund
- Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School
- Randall Cottage Homes
- Truesand Limited
- W H Stewardson for Museum
- W H Stewardson Music Prize
...and 13 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
MK41 7PZ
Website
Domain
harpurtrust.org.uk
Latest income
£60,686,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
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The Harpur Trust (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Grant-making foundations
H10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Education
ED -
Leisure
LE» RecreationLE105 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Recreation
116
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- Local
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-12-15 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-06-30 | 1,650,498 | 1,702,830 |
| 2005-06-30 | 1,730,000 | 1,773,000 |
| 2006-06-30 | 1,639,000 | 1,747,000 |
| 2007-06-30 | 1,958,000 | 1,901,000 |
| 2008-06-30 | 2,421,000 | 2,256,000 |
| 2009-06-30 | 2,799,000 | 2,664,000 |
| 2010-06-30 | 2,944,000 | 2,781,000 |
| 2011-06-30 | 0 | 39,000 |
| 2012-06-30 | 0 | |
| 2013-06-30 | 49,568,000 | 47,498,000 |
| 2014-06-30 | 55,270,000 | 47,313,000 |
| 2015-06-30 | 51,822,000 | 48,545,000 |
| 2016-06-30 | 53,185,000 | 50,512,000 |
| 2017-06-30 | 52,794,000 | 50,673,000 |
| 2018-06-30 | 54,363,000 | 52,041,000 |
| 2019-06-30 | 56,235,000 | 54,343,000 |
| 2020-06-30 | 53,866,000 | 55,148,000 |
| 2021-06-30 | 55,138,000 | 54,895,000 |
| 2022-06-30 | 60,686,000 | 60,068,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 1,120 | 1,121 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 46 | 40 |
| Volunteers | 30 | 30 |
| Trustees | 17 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Legacies | 0.0 | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Income from charitable activities | 58.1 | 51.3 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Other income | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Total | 60.7 | 55.1 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Grants to institutions | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Other charitable activities | 58.2 | 53.2 |
| Charitable activities | 59.4 | 54.7 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 60.1 | 54.9 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 81.1 | 82.8 |
| Investment assets | 119.4 | 128.9 |
| 200.5 | 211.8 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Cash | 18.5 | 14.4 |
| Other current assets | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 25.3 | 20.4 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (15.2) | (13.9) |
| Net current assets | 10.1 | 6.4 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 210.6 | 218.2 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (1.2) | (2.0) |
| Net assets | 209.4 | 216.2 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 116.4 | 124.6 |
| Restricted funds | 6.0 | 6.6 |
| Unrestricted funds | 86.9 | 85.0 |
| 209.4 | 216.2 | |
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 19,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Number of government grants | 1 | 1 |
View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.
| 2023 | 18 grants | £488,543 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46 grants | £1,337,008 |
| 2021 | 74 grants | £1,485,868 |
| 2020 | 77 grants | £1,369,038 |
| 2019 | 21 grants | £469,045 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Harpur Trust (236 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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