THE HAMMOND SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1022427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMMOND SCHOOL LIMITED

The Hammond is one of 4 UK vocational schools and colleges specialising in musical theatre and dance. It is a pre-eminent centre of excellence which leads the way in education and performance training. Its mission is to enable all talented young people, regardless of background or financial hardship an opportunity of a life changing experience through its bursary and community outreach schemes.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, noting that the charity's activities are funded through various income streams including donations and grants. There are no disclosed material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hammond Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Kathy Cowell — Chair of the Board (source)
• Carol Penny — Vice Chair of the Board (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)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 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 · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathrine Cowellchair
• ANNA SUTTON
• CAROL PENNY BA HONS
• THOMAS OLIVER MATTHEWS

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPTON SCHOOL.

• HAMPTON SCHOOL income £35.7m
• LYRIC THEATRE HAMMERSMITH LIMITED income £6.7m
• THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL TRUST income £4.5m
• HAMPSTEAD THEATRE LIMITED income £6.0m
• THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA TRUST income £1.7m
• HAMILTON LODGE (BRIGHTON) income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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