Eton College receiving financial assistance from the school continues to increase. Eton College was founded by King Henry VI as a charity school to provide free education to 70 poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, founded by the same King in 1441. Henry took Winchester College as his model, visiting on many occasions, borrowing its Statutes and removing its Headmaster and some of the Scholars to start his new school. When Henry VI founded the school, he granted it a large number of endowments, including much valuable land. The group of feoffees appointed by the king to
Eton College well as publications produced by individual departments such as "The Cave" (Philosophy), "Etonomics" (Economics), "Scientific Etonian" (Science), "Timeline" (History), "Praed" (Poetry and Song), "The Mayflower" (English), and "The Lexicon" (Modern Languages). Until 18 December 2010, Eton College was an "exempt charity" under English law (Charities Act 1993, Schedule 2). Under the provisions of the Charities Act 2006, it is now an "excepted charity", and fully registered with the Charities Commission, and is now one of the 100 largest charities in the UK. As a charity, it benefits from substantial tax breaks. It was calculated by the late David Jewell, former