Stonyhurst aspires to be the UK’s leading co-educational Catholic boarding and day school for 3 – 18 year olds. The Stonyhurst Foundation is key to this ambition. The Stonyhurst Foundation is a charity focused exclusively on widening access to a Stonyhurst education.
The goal of the Stonyhurst Foundation is to remove the financial barriers to a Stonyhurst education for children who otherwise would not be able to benefit from it. The Stonyhurst Foundation aims to be the largest ring-fenced independent bursary and fee assistance charity of its kind in Catholic independent education in the UK.
The Stonyhurst Foundation received the Apostolic Blessing of His Holiness Pope Francis when it launched in 2020 and has been blessed with remarkable financial support from the Stonyhurst family, friends and supporters who share the vision of providing much needed bursary and fee support for young people. Stonyhurst continues to be a beacon of educational and spiritual excellence on both the national and international stage. Together, we can build on our past whilst looking to the future, confident that The Stonyhurst Foundation’s ambitious vision will enable future generations to develop as men and women of faith and social justice in the world.
The College is proud that around 30% of pupils are in receipt of some level of fee support or bursary assistance. We believe that a Stonyhurst education is a springboard to a life of purpose. The school seeks to inspire its pupils to go out into the world to make a difference, as ‘men and women for others’. Making Stonyhurst pupils the best they can be means making the Stonyhurst Foundation the most ambitious provider of bursaries and fee assistance in Catholic education in the UK.
Simply put, The Stonyhurst Foundation is Transforming Lives.
We want any child from any part of society to have the opportunity to live, work and grow at Stonyhurst, the oldest continuously active Jesuit school in the world.
Because it is a moral and a religious imperative. Because it is integral to the spirit of Catholic and Jesuit education. Because its aims can be living proof of our commitment to the Jesuits’ Universal Apostolic Preferences. Because the UK needs a truly excellent, socially diverse, independent Catholic school.
Through the establishment of The Stonyhurst Foundation, a permanently endowed, ring-fenced dedicated Bursary Fund, for Stonyhurst.
During 2019 we undertook a wide and comprehensive stakeholder consultation process, surveying and interviewing over 100 people so as to ensure that the Stonyhurst Foundation reflects the priorities of our supporters.
The Stonyhurst Foundation aims to be the largest ring-fenced independent bursary and fee assistance charity
of its kind in Catholic independent education in the UK.
The Stonyhurst Foundation is unique: no other Catholic independent school has a comparable Foundation
dedicated to widening access for the public benefit.
We grant fee assistance on both a ‘means blind’ and a ‘means tested’ basis.
The Stonyhurst Foundation received overwhelming financial support prior to its launch. Given the extent of early
successes, the Foundation is looking to the future, confident that its ambitious mission will be
welcomed by the wider community, ensuring that Stonyhurst continues to be a beacon of
educational excellence on both the national and international stage.
Sir Mark Thompson (OS 75) was appointed as the inaugural Patron of The Stonyhurst Foundation in 2020. Mark is an alumnus of Stonyhurst College and of Merton College, Oxford.
Mark currently is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world. He also serves as the CEO of the Cable News Network (CNN). He is the former President and CEO of The New York Times. From 2004 to 2012, he served as Director-General of the BBC, and before that was the Chief Executive of Channel 4.
In 2012, Thompson served as the first Humanitas Visiting Professor in Rhetoric and the Art of Public Persuasion at the University of Oxford.
His book, “Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?” was published in the UK and US in September 2016.
Mark was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2023 Birthday Honours, for services to media.
Mark Comments:
“I know from my own experience how Stonyhurst can change lives. World-class teachers like Peter Hardwick and Freddie Turner SJ opened my mind and the school gave me a confidence and independence that has served me well ever since. The Stonyhurst Foundation will make this unique education available to so many more young people, and that’s why I am so pleased to endorse it.”
Stephen Withnell (OS 98) was appointed as the second Patron of The Stonyhurst Foundation in 2022. Stephen founded The Stonyhurst Foundation in 2019 and served as its first Director until August 2022.
Stephen is an alumnus of St. Ignatius’s College Riverview and of Stonyhurst College. He is a former Governor and a former Deputy Headmaster of Stonyhurst, and a former Governor of Westminster Cathedral Choir School.
Stephen is currently a Professor in Practice in the Finance Department at the University of Durham. He also serves as a Trustee of the London Library and as a Non-Executive Director of several companies. He is a Senior Advisor at the global investment bank, Evercore. Prior to Evercore, he held senior roles at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Global Markets.
Stephen comments:
“It has been a great privilege to serve as the first Director of the Foundation. I am incredibly proud of the team and excited to continue to serve Stonyhurst in this new Patron’s role”.
Andrew is a Governor of Stonyhurst and an alumnus of Stonyhurst.
Andrew joined the Governing Body in September 2023 and sits on the Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Andrew is a Partner at Salica Investments, a London-based international investment firm, and manages its distribution and capital raising team and activities. Prior to Salica Investments, Andrew was in Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for the distribution of multiple European initial public offerings, including the landmark Siemens Healthineers transaction. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Andrew was in the institutional equities division at Morgan Stanley.
Before joining financial services, Andrew was a Captain in the British Army completing tours of Bosnia and Afghanistan with the Welsh Guards and the Parachute Regiment before serving as Equerry to HRH The Prince of Wales.
Andrew is a graduate of Durham University with a degree in Modern History.
John is Headmaster of Stonyhurst, appointed in 2016. Stonyhurst is John’s 3rd Headship in independent day and boarding schools.
Prior to joining Stonyhurst John was Headmaster of St Aloysius’ College Glasgow and is a former Headmaster of Westminster Cathedral Choir School. John is an alumnus of St Ignatius’s College Enfield, a Jesuit voluntary aided secondary school in London.
John obtained his BA (Hons) in Music from the University of Bristol. He has a post grad LLB from City University, London and an MBA from the Open University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and a Freeman of the City of London and the Musicians’ Company. John is a Governor of St John’s Beaumont, a Jesuit independent day and boarding school in Old Windsor. John is married to Marie and they have a son, William.
Fr Christopher is the Headmaster of Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, having joined Stonyhurst in September 2022. Previously Fr Christopher was Headmaster of Ratcliffe College Preparatory School in Leicestershire and Headmaster of Leicester Preparatory School and Denstone College Preparatory School.
Fr Christopher has a Master of Arts degree in French from the University of St Andrews and in Theology from the University of Oxford. He is married to Honor, who works as a GP, and has six children and two grandchildren.
Fr Christopher is a former Anglican priest who was received into the Catholic church in 2011 and is now a priest of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
Ian served as Headmaster of Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, from 2014 until summer 2022.
Ian now serves Stonyhurst as Director of Partnerships and is a member of Stonyhurst’s Senior Leadership Group.
Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall was Ian’s second Headship in independent boarding and day schools. Prior to joining Stonyhurst, Ian was Headmaster of All Hallows Preparatory School in Somerset for 10 years.
Ian is an alumnus of Wimbledon College, a Jesuit secondary school in London.
Ian obtained his BA (Hons) in Psychology and his PGCE from Durham University, where he was a member of Hatfield College. Earlier in his career Ian held teaching and leadership positions in both the maintained and independent sectors.
Ian’s wife, Rachel, teaches at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall and both of their children have attended Stonyhurst.
Fr. Keith is a Jesuit Priest. He is the Treasurer of the British Jesuit Province. He has a PhD in Accounting.
He first arrived in Britain, from America, in 1989 to read for a Bachelor of Divinity at Heythrop College, University of London. After a fourth year of Theology in the United States, and following Ordination as a Catholic Priest in 1993, he returned to Britain to undertake a PhD in Accounting at the London School of Economics. After completing that degree in 1997 he taught in the Missouri Province for three years. In 2000, he returned to Britain as a Lecturer in Accounting at the London School of Economics.
In 2005 when Fr. Keith took his final vows as a Jesuit he became a member of the British Jesuit Province. In 2007, he left academia for Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon and in 2009 became Parish Priest. In 2014 he became the Assistant Catholic Chaplain at Oxford University. Fr. Keith became the Treasurer of the British Jesuit Province on Palm Sunday 2019. He was a Stonyhurst Governor from 2004 to 2012 during which time he was a strong supporter of creating a dedicated bursary endowment.
Winton is an alumnus of Stonyhurst.
Winton is an independent strategic adviser. He previously spent nearly 20 years at Morgan Stanley. He has been based in Hong Kong for the last 16 years.
He arrived at Stonyhurst from St John’s Beaumont in 1994, spending five years at the College, where he was active in rugby, CCF, orchestra, and the choir.
Following this, Winton obtained a B.A. (Hons) in Economics & Management from Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall).
Eugene was educated at McQuaid Jesuit High School and St Bonaventure University in New York. He is a parent of two alumni.
He has spent his career in international insurance underwriting, primarily with AIG first in New York and from 2002 in the UK. He began his own business in 2010 and now works in London managing an insurance underwriting agency specialising in global insurance for consumer and commercial activities with Lloyds of London.
Eugene is married to Jenny a teacher at Donhead Prep School and is the proud father of a son and daughter, both OS. Eugene holds a passionate belief that the Ignatian way of encouraging children to be “men and women for others” is paramount, it is why he ensured that his children followed the established family tradition of receiving a Jesuit education and why he is so keen to assist the Stonyhurst Foundation in its mission.
Eugene was elected Chair of Trustees in June 2023.
Richard is an alumnus of Stonyhurst.
Richard works for Inalytics, a performance analytics firm that examines and evaluates portfolio manager decision making for institutional investors and asset managers.
Prior to joining Inalytics in 2019, Richard was Head of Equities for the Church Commissioners for England, the endowment fund for the Church of England and one of the largest charitable investors in the UK. At the Church Commissioners for England, he was responsible for fund manager selection and portfolio construction in the £3 billion equity portfolio with a specific focus on global and emerging markets mandates. Prior to working at the Church Commissioners for England in 2006, Richard worked in equity research at Unicredit based in Milan. Richard graduated in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2002 and is a CFA and CIPM charterholder.
Richard is a member of the Investment Committee of the British Province of the Jesuits and also of the John Slater Foundation. Richard was a pupil at Stonyhurst College and St.Mary’s Hall from 1990 until 1998.
Cathy is a former parent of three pupils at Stonyhurst.
Cathy is a Managing Director in the legal department of a leading City institution.
She has been a Managing Director at BlackRock, and previously was a lawyer in the legal department at Goldman Sachs where she held a variety of roles including heading the structured products legal team. Cathy started her career at Allen & Overy where she worked as an associate in the Derivatives Practice Group.
Cathy is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and is admitted to the New York Bar. Cathy holds a B.A. in Law from Cambridge University.
Terry is an alumnus of Stonyhurst and a parent of four alumni. Terry left the College in 1972 having been Captain of Cricket and a member of the 1st XV. He was President of the Stonyhurst Association in 2015 and remains a Committee Member and a Trustee.
Terry is a Chartered Surveyor and trained at Gerald Eve before setting up his own practice near Waterloo in London in 1983.
He has previously been a Governor of Barrow Hills School, Witley, and a Trustee of the Garden Museum.
Désirée is a past parent of Stonyhurst. She is experienced in education, having raised five children and having been involved with various schools at different levels.
Désirée is German by nationality and has been living in Hong Kong for over thirty years. She is married to Hans Michael Jebsen, who is the fourth generation of the family to be active in China and Hong Kong – a family commitment of more than 125 years.
Désirée attended school in Switzerland (Ecole du Mont-Olivet, Lausanne and Ecole de La Chassotte, Fribourg). She graduated with a French Baccalaureate before heading to Zurich University where she studied Business and IT. After her marriage she dedicated herself entirely to the education of her five children, who are all grown up now. In 2012 Désirée became a Dame of the Order of Malta in Hong Kong and became a founding member of the Hong Kong Association. Désirée is currently serving as their Hospitaller.
Désirée was for many years on the Board of the German Swiss International School in Hong Kong, where she chaired the Basic Policy Committee and Fundraising Committee. She was Chairman of the Board from 2017 to 2019. Désirée was a member of the international parents committee of Herufsholm Kostskole, Naestved, Denmark. She was involved in the “Boarding revival program” of Upper Canada College and she is currently on the Board of Trustees of Louisenlund, a school in Schleswig-Holstein, known for its progressive new teaching methods.
John, an alumnus of Stonyhurst (OS 96), joined the Stonyhurst Foundation in August 2022 following a 20 year career serving as an Officer in the British Army.
During a diverse military career, primarily in logistics, he served operationally across the world, including Afghanistan and Iraq (and a somewhat less taxing tour of duty with the United Nations in Cyprus). In the UK, John held a variety of appointments and has extensive experience in training and personnel management, including roles leading Junior Soldiers at the Army Foundation College Harrogate and as Deputy Chief of Staff of 1 Armoured Infantry Brigade. He now commands 381 (Lancaster) Squadron RLC as an Army Reservist.
John has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies as well as various strategic leadership and project management qualifications. He recently completed post graduate qualifications in Programme and Project management with Cranfield University.
John is married to Ella, and they have three children, all of whom currently attend Stonyhurst.
As Director of The Stonyhurst Foundation, John has responsibility for the formation and delivery of strategy and overall responsibility for successful delivery of all fundraising activities.
Cathie Joined the Stonyhurst Foundation in August 2019 crossing the border from Yorkshire after a 19 year career with Ashville College in Harrogate.
Whilst at Ashville Cathie undertook a number of roles, most recently heading up the Admissions Department as Director of Admissions.
Cathie studied at The Royal Ballet School, Tring Park and the Ballet Rambert School and danced in London and the South East including performing at Sadler’s Wells Theatre before a change of career saw her join IBM in a sales and marketing role looking after clients such as British Airways, Virgin and Heathrow Airports Limited.
Cathie is married to James OS 84 and has two grown up children.
Cathie manages the day-to-day operations of The Stonyhurst Foundation. She is the interface with the Foundation’s professional advisors and works closely with Stonyhurst on matters relating to bursary funding. Cathie is also the first point of contact for any queries regarding the smooth transfer of funds to the Foundation.
Ian served as Headmaster of Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, from 2014 until summer 2022.
Ian now serves as Stonyhurst Head of Partnerships. Ian works closely with Stonyhurst Admission, developing relationships with feeder schools and other charitable organisations to further the Stonyhurst Foundation mission.
Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall was Ian’s second Headship in independent boarding and day schools. Prior to joining Stonyhurst, Ian was Headmaster of All Hallows Preparatory School in Somerset for 10 years.
Ian is an alumnus of Wimbledon College, a Jesuit secondary school in London.
Ian obtained his BA (Hons) in Psychology and his PGCE from Durham University, where he was a member of Hatfield College. Earlier in his career Ian held teaching and leadership positions in both the maintained and independent sectors.
Ian’s wife, Rachel, teaches at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall and both of their children have attended Stonyhurst.
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The 1593 Club
The 1593 Club seeks to involve the Stonyhurst community in the future of Stonyhurst in a tangible and meaningful way. The 1593 Club is The Stonyhurst Foundation’s regular giving club for OS, parents and friends of Stonyhurst. It is a way to bring together the generosity of the Stonyhurst community in a meaningful way to support our bursary charity’s work in transforming lives.
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Leaving a gift in your will is quick and easy to arrange. You simply need to let us know that you intend to leave a gift to the Stonyhurst Foundation and speak to your solicitor.
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Supporters based in Germany and Spain can give tax efficiently through Transnational Giving Europe (TGE).
Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) is a partnership of leading European foundations and associations that facilitates tax-efficient cross-border giving within Europe. The TGE network allows donors, both corporations and individuals, resident in one of the participating countries, to financially support non-profit organisations in other member countries, while benefiting directly from the tax advantages provided for in the legislation of their country of residence.
With TGE, cross-border donations receive all applicable tax benefits in the country where you pay tax. Partner foundation; combined expertise in domestic tax laws secures the most effective tax treatment for your gift in both your own country and the recipients.
TGE carries out all administration relating to the tax deductibility of gifts. Depending on the country’s tax laws, TGE partners will fill in all relevant tax forms and deliver, whenever applicable, fiscal receipts testifying to the contribution made. A 5 per cent fee is taken on the donated amount for gifts up to €50,000. For higher gifts, 1 per cent of the amount in excess of the €50,000 is charged. The maximum fee is €6,500. These fees will help the TGE network find new partners to increase tax effective giving in all member states of the EU. To make a transnational gift to The Stonyhurst Foundation, please contact your nation foundation (details below). The donated amount is paid into the national foundation’s account only after approval of the gift by both partner foundations involved.
Germany
Maecenata Stiftung, Rungestraße 17, 10179 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 2838 7909
Email: tge@maecenata.eu
Website: maecenata.eu
Spain
Fundación Empresa y Sociedad, Padre Damián 2, 28036 Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 676 270 816
Email: fabad@empresaysociedad.org
Website: empresaysociedad.org
If you require any assistance with regard to donating through TGE or wish to use this service from another European country please contact:
Mr John Cartwright-Terry
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The Stonyhurst Foundation is a member of the Chapel & York HK Foundation. Donors in Hong Kong can support The Stonyhurst Foundation through the Chapel & York fund and will be eligible for all legal and tax benefits of giving in Hong Kong. Chapel & York can accept donations from individuals, company sponsorship and grants from trusts and foundations.
You can make a donation easily online at www.hongkongfoundationforcharities.org/donate-to-hkfc stating that your donation is for The Stonyhurst Foundation.
If you have any queries or need assistance with your donation please contact the Executive Director of Chapel & York Hong Kong, Mr Ralph Leonard, on info@chapel-yorkhgfoundation.org or by telephone +852 9162 6063.
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Mr John Cartwright-Terry
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Tax-deductible contributions may be made via the British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF) click here to visit the BSUF website where you can express your preference for the support of The Stonyhurst Foundation.
Alternatively, you may use the form below to make a contribution by check.
Donors’ expressions of their preference are respected by the BSUF, but all grants are made at its sole discretion, as required by the IRS. Contributions made directly to an offshore charity do not qualify for a tax deduction under the IRS code.
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Mr John Cartwright-Terry
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In 2022, Rhetoric Playroom launched a visionary project for Stonyhurst to develop its own pupil-driven bursary fund, named the St Aloysius Bursary, named after Stonyhurst’s patron Saint.
If you would like to support the current Rhetoric Playroom or have any queries regarding the St Aloysius Bursary please contact
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A History of Giving to Stonyhurst
Stonyhurst’s history has been defined by philanthropy, indeed without the initial gift from King Philip II of Spain, subsequent support from the Weld and Eyre families and numerous important acts of generosity since, our school wouldn’t be the place we all know and love today.
In 1593 Fr Robert Persons (our founder) appealed for and secured a grant from King Philip II of Spain, worth 1,920 crowns a year, to fund a school for 16 boys in St Omers. Thus, the history of giving to Stonyhurst began.