Baskerville Learning Trust
Charity 1115134
Overview
Summary
Baskerville Learning Trust appears to be a school-linked charitable vehicle intended to strengthen educational provision for pupils at Baskerville School, particularly where needs fall outside local authority responsibility. Its stated focus on children and young people and people with disabilities suggests that the trust may sit alongside specialist educational or support needs, but there is no evidence yet of active delivery. The organisation’s current significance lies more in its potential role as a funder of additional school-based provision than in demonstrated activity.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Harborne
Confidence: low
The charity's objects restrict its purpose to providing or assisting facilities for pupils at Baskerville School. Authoritative school records place the school in Harborne. However, the charity reports that no activities have taken place, recorded zero income and expenditure in its latest filed accounts, and has overdue reporting; this prevents a confident conclusion that it is currently delivering charitable activity there.
- Charity Commission register — Baskerville Learning Trust (charity 1115134)
Lists the charity's address as Baskerville School. Its charitable object is to advance education of pupils at Baskerville School through facilities for education at the school. - Birmingham City Council — Baskerville School directory record
Identifies Baskerville School in Harborne ward. - Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, Baskerville School
Records Baskerville School as open in Harborne, with ward listed as Harborne.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record states that no activities have taken place to date and shows zero income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2020; it therefore does not demonstrate current grant-making or other delivery by the charity.
- The charity's annual returns, accounts and trustees' reports for financial years ending 31 March 2021 through 31 March 2025 are overdue, leaving its current activity and financial position unclear.
- The shared school address is strong evidence of an intended connection to Baskerville School but could partly function as a correspondence address; the Charity Commission record says that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The Charity Commission lists Birmingham City and several neighbouring West Midlands local-authority areas as places where the charity operates, but this is not supported by current activity evidence and should not be treated as evidence of active delivery beyond Harborne.
- Baskerville School is part of Birmingham Special Schools Trust, but there is no evidence that Baskerville Learning Trust itself operates through that trust or its other schools.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report, accounts, or Charity Commission return confirming whether the charity has resumed activity and identifying grants made since 31 March 2020.
- Confirmation from Baskerville Learning Trust or Baskerville School of whether the charity currently funds facilities or projects, and the site or sites where those funded activities are delivered.
- Details of any current grant recipients, delivery partners, or projects that would substantiate operations in Birmingham beyond the Baskerville School site.
Areas of work
- Disability
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A narrowly targeted school-support vehicle
The trust appears designed to support one named school rather than operate as a general education charity. Its role may be to mobilise charitable funding for facilities or enhancements that the local education authority is not required to provide.
Why it matters
This suggests the trust’s relationships, opportunities and impact are likely to be closely tied to Baskerville School’s priorities. It may be most useful as a mechanism for filling specific gaps in statutory provision.
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“To advance the education of the pupils at Baskerville School.”
Source:Charity Commission“Providing and assisting in the provision of facilities not required to be provided by the local education authority.”
Source:Charity Commission
Potentially positioned around disability-related educational need
The trust may have a particular relevance to pupils with disabilities, although the available evidence does not establish whether disability support is its primary focus or one part of a broader school population.
Why it matters
If Baskerville School serves pupils with significant additional needs, the trust could be an important route for resourcing specialist facilities or opportunities. This would merit investigation before assuming its role.
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“People With Disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission“Education/training, Disability.”
Source:Charity Commission
An inactive charitable capacity rather than an evidenced operating programme
The trust currently appears to be a dormant or pre-delivery funding mechanism. Its grant-making classification indicates an intended operating model, but no activity demonstrates how that model has been used.
Why it matters
This distinction prevents the organisation being treated as an active provider or established funder. The key question is whether it lacks resources, has recently formed, or simply has not reported activity.
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“No activities have taken place to date.”
Source:Charity Commission“Makes Grants To Organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether Baskerville School specialises in disability-related education or serves a broader pupil population.
- Whether the trust has funds, trustees, grant recipients or planned projects.
- Why no activities have taken place to date.
Remaining uncertainties
- The trust’s annual reports, accounts and trustee reports.
- Information from Baskerville School about unmet facilities needs and its relationship with the trust.
- Details of planned grants, fundraising activity and intended beneficiaries.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
No activities have taken place to date
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT BASKERVILLE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY) FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.