LEYDENHATCH EDUCATIONAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1061217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charitable objects of the Trust are the advancement of the education of children and young people.The objects also include any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the worldwide Christian fellowship known as the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.The furtherance of its objects, the Trust operates an independent school based in Long Eaton, which educates 100 pupils aged 5 to 18.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AGES FIVE TO EIGHTEEN IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THEIR PARENTS TO ENABLE SUCH CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT OTHERWISE THAN AT SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944 TO 1933; ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BRETHREN

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BEXLEY LONDON BOROUGH, DARTFORD AND SEVENOAKS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £74,157 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a reduction from the previous year's deficit of £107,131. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,142,680 are sufficient to mitigate short to medium-term risks and meet the policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading 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: 87.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darryl Fear
• Harvey James Abernethie
• Keith Richard Lloyd
• Laurie Burke
• Richard Keith Birch

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OneSchool Global UK.

• OneSchool Global UK income £55.5m
• THE LONG LEYS EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m
• READING EDUCATION TRUST income £1.1m
• CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP SCHOOL TRUST income £1.2m
• THE HERON EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.6m
• ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL, EDGBASTON income £5.2m

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