TWICKENHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1067572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Twickenham Preparatory School is a co-educational day preparatory school in Hampton for pupils aged 4-13.Charity's aim: to advance education including (but not limited to) the provision of a school or schools in Great Britain.

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Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£4.2m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School had net income for the year of £98,653, which was added to reserves. The Directors consider the School to be in sound financial health with secure financial management and sufficient net assets to meet obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: an annual operating surplus to finance capital expenditure... and to create a small Charity reserve (held: £345k)

“The Directors aim to maintain an annual operating surplus to finance capital expenditure on improving buildings, equipment and other facilities and to create a small Charity reserve.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03475951

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Twickenham Prep School (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

VAN DER SCHAFF, Ismaa'Eel — director, appointed 27/04/2026not on trustee list
WEBSTER, Bridget Oy Wah — director, appointed 11/03/2026not on trustee list
WARNER, Henry Francis — director, appointed 26/06/2024on trustee list
OLNEY, Rosalyn Sarah — director, appointed 21/06/2024on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Seana Claire — director, appointed 27/09/2023not on trustee list
BHALLA, Kalpana — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
WARMS, Nicola Gillian — director, appointed 08/03/2023on trustee list
O'CONNOR, Dorothy Jane — director, appointed 18/11/2021on trustee list
BURON, Philippe Laurent — director, appointed 25/11/2020not on trustee list
FERGUSON, Elizabeth Margery — director, appointed 07/11/2017not on trustee list
BATES, Harry — director, appointed 09/11/1998on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.2m

Cost of raising funds

£32k

Reserves (reported)

£3.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

HARRY BATESchair
Bridget Webster
ELIZABETH MARGERY FERGUSON Cert Ed
Henry Francis Warner
Ismaa'ell VAN DER SCHAFF
Kalpana Bhalla
Nicola Gillian Warms
Philippe Laurent Buron BSc
Rosalyn Sarah Olney
Seana Claire Williams

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.3m	£4.2m
31/08/2024	£4.4m	£4.2m
31/08/2023	£4.2m	£4.1m
31/08/2022	£3.9m	£3.7m
31/08/2021	£3.5m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is TWICKENHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School had net income for the year of £98,653, which was added to reserves. The Directors consider the School to be in sound financial health with secure financial management and sufficient net assets to meet obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE STUDY (WIMBLEDON) LIMITED.

THE STUDY (WIMBLEDON) LIMITED income £6.2m
CHESHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.6m
HAMPTON SCHOOL income £35.7m
ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL, TWICKENHAM income £7.5m
WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD. income £6.4m
ST EDMUND'S SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £17.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TWICKENHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL	£4.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STUDY (WIMBLEDON) LIMITED FY2025	£6.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHESHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAMPTON SCHOOL FY2025	£35.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL, TWICKENHAM FY2025	£7.5m	£150,001 - £180,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD. FY2025	£6.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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