RAND'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 29 October 1963
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £221,115
Latest expenditure: £172,479
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Suite 7, Regal Chambers, 49-51 Bancroft, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Website recorded by the regulator: www.rands.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Grants for young people up to age of 25 who are in full time education from the age of 16.Financial support for the 3 local primary schools and grants to voluntary organisations for recreational and social activities involving young people.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 7 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 7 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £221,115
Total Gross Expenditure: £172,479

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 20 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 20 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £187,494
Total Gross Expenditure: £176,323

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £177,113
Total Gross Expenditure: £200,841

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 June 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £172,067
Total Gross Expenditure: £198,519

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £175,579
Total Gross Expenditure: £187,291

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 7 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £221,115
Total Gross Expenditure: £172,479
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 20 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £187,494
Total Gross Expenditure: £176,323
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £177,113
Total Gross Expenditure: £200,841
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £172,067
Total Gross Expenditure: £198,519
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £175,579
Total Gross Expenditure: £187,291
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Central Bedfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: RAND'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1963-10-29T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME OF 8 AUGUST 1986 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 13 APRIL 2006AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 29 JUN 2021 as amended on 28 Jul 2020
Charitable Objects: (A) £210 PER YEAR TO THE TRUSTEES OF RAND’S NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 241658), OR ANY SUCCESSOR, FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THAT CHARITY; AND(B) £100 PER YEAR PLUS THE LESSER OF £300 OR ONE QUARTER OF THE CHARITY’S INCOME TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE HITCHIN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 311024), OR ANY SUCCESSOR, FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THAT CHARITY; AND(C) NOT MORE THAN £200 TOWARDS THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE PRINCIPAL OFFICIATING MINISTER OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLWELL IN CARRYING OUT HIS OR HER DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE SAID ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH AND SUBJECT THERETO IN FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE SAID ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH; AND(D) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO:(I) SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR THE URBAN DISTRICT OF HITCHIN IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE; AND(II) INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHO WERE BORN OR LIVE OR WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS LIVE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS OLD.(E) IF AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CHARITY’S RESOURCES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE FOREGOING OBJECTS SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: THE PARISHES OF HOLWELL, ICKLEFORD AND PIRTON, ALL IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, AND THE PARISH OF STONDON, IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling