DOWNE HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1015059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOWNE HOUSE 21ST CENTURY APPEAL

The School is a boarding school for girls from ages 11 to 18 and aims to promote the development of the individual by enabling girls to strive for the highest academic results of which they are capable. They should also be able to enjoy the opportunities and support which allow them to develop the personal, social, spiritual and emotional awareness that is the balance to academic excellence.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net income of £658,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £27.7 million. Per the trustees' report, the School maintains a strong cash position with net cash at bank rising to £8.1 million, supported by a £5 million revolving credit facility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Emma McKendrick — Headmistress (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (2,576 followers) · instagram (7,800 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally McNair Scottchair
• David Harry Curley MA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Shenila Vivek Rawal BSc MSc · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Clarke
• Jeremy John Farrell
• Judith Rowena Murray BA Oxon KC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael James Brennan
• Sarah Coiley
• Timothy Boucher
• William Arthur Chuter

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

Operates in: France · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOWNE HOUSE FOUNDATION.

• DOWNE HOUSE FOUNDATION income £393k
• DOWNE HOUSE TRUST income £646k
• THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED income £5.8m
• THE DOWNS SCHOOL TRUST income £106k
• DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL income £24.5m
• BUTE HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS LIMITED income £8.7m

Side by side with its peers

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