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OAKHILL EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1067583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing funding, premises and resources for educating children between the ages of 7 and 18

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £309,727 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £4,070,778. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of six months' unrestricted expenditure and confirmed that funds are sufficient to mitigate short to medium-term risks. The going concern basis was adopted with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ unrestricted expenditure (held: £4.1m)
“The charity’s policy is to maintain minimum free reserves at a level which equates to six months’ unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift Aid from subsidiary
“£171,058 (2024 : £235,490) was received by the Charity from the subsidiary under gift aid in the year.”
“During the year Oakhill Education Trust received payments totalling £31,940 for rent and rates from the related party, ATC Enterprises Ltd.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent and rates from subsidiary
“£171,058 (2024 : £235,490) was received by the Charity from the subsidiary under gift aid in the year.”
“During the year Oakhill Education Trust received payments totalling £31,940 for rent and rates from the related party, ATC Enterprises Ltd.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by mca Banbury Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (72% 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: 69.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Operates in: Croydon · East Sussex · Surrey · Sutton · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.8m£1.6m
31/12/2024£2.3m£2.0m
31/12/2023£2.0m£2.1m
31/12/2022£2.5m£2.2m
31/12/2021£1.9m£2.1m

Common questions

Is OAKHILL EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £309,727 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £4,070,778. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of six months' unrestricted expenditure and confirmed that funds are sufficient to mitigate short to medium-term risks. The going concern basis was adopted with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by mca Banbury Ltd.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHEAM FOUNDATION1£172k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ECCLESALL, SHEFFIELD1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OAKES TRUST (SHEFFIELD).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OAKHILL EDUCATION TRUST£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE OAKES TRUST (SHEFFIELD) FY2025£670k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE OAKS FY2025£260k—0above—no doubt
MEDESHAMSTEDE EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
READING EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
TAMAR EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt

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