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DERBY HIGH SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1007348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBY HIGH SCHOOL, DERBY HIGH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

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Latest income
£10.2m
Latest spending
£9.4m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £10,557,918, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £2,000,000, resulting in a reported reserves deficit of £3,366,926. The trustees acknowledge this issue and plan to build up reserves through annual operating surpluses, while maintaining adequate resources for going concern purposes.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one term's expected expenditure, approximately £2,000,000 (held: £10.6m)
“The School considers that the appropriate level of free reserves which are not invested in fixed assets should ideally be equivalent to one term's expected expenditure, approximately £2,000,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£10.2m
Total spending
£9.4m
Cost of raising funds
£42k
Reserves (reported)
£10.6m
Employees
126

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Nottinghamshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£10.2m£9.4m
31/07/2024£9.9m£8.8m
31/07/2023£8.5m£7.7m
31/07/2022£7.4m£6.8m
31/07/2021£6.3m£5.8m

Common questions

Is DERBY HIGH SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £10,557,918, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £2,000,000, resulting in a reported reserves deficit of £3,366,926. The trustees acknowledge this issue and plan to build up reserves through annual operating surpluses, while maintaining adequate resources for going concern purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.