OVINGDEAN HALL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1052478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OVINGDEAN HALL SCHOOL

Since the sad closure of the school in July 2010, the main focus of the charity is now grant making to other charitable organisations that support the Objectives and philosophy of Ovingdean Hall School. This includes the promotion and provision of high quality education for deaf children and young people whilst supporting their individual social, emotional and physical needs.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £1,574,564, driven by a significant £700,000 donation and a £459,678 net movement in funds. However, the Trustees' report notes that financial resources are reducing and will likely deplete within 7-9 years, prompting a pause on main grant-making activities while the charity considers its future strategy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ovingdean Hall Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~68.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAMISH MCALPINEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Bradbury
• Annabel Ward
• IAN JOHNSON
• LINDSEY ROUSSEAU · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAULINE HUGHES

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DEAN CLOSE FOUNDATION.

• THE DEAN CLOSE FOUNDATION income £63.8m
• ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY income £5.6m
• THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
• DENSTONE COLLEGE LIMITED income £16.3m
• DHS Educational Foundation income £1.6m
• THE HALL SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST income £12.7m

Side by side with its peers

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