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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

Providing education for children from the age of 3 years to 18 years

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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.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DERBY HIGH SCHOOL TRUST£10.2m——unclear—no doubt
Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund FY2025£565k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VERNON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£13.5m£140,001 - £150,000—above—no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.