PRIORS COURT FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1070227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRIORS COURT SCHOOL
Prior's Court Foundation is a non-profit making charity which manages Prior's Court School and Prior's Court Young Adult Provision for autistic individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs, aged 5 to 25. Set up in 1999, it is now recognised as one of the foremost providers of autistic-specific education and care with a methodology, the Prior Approach.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity delivered a financial surplus of £984,623, which was slightly below budget due to increased employer national insurance contributions. Unrestricted reserves increased to £4,244,182, though this remains below the Board's stated target of £6.0m. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4.2m; policy: £6.0m)
“Unrestricted reserves increased to £4,244,182 in the year (2024: £3,116,388). The reserves are less than the target level of £6.0m currently set by the Board of Trustees.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Close family members of Key Management Personnel were paid a salary of £884 (2024: £2,181). They were employed under a standard contract of employment and under the approval of the Trustees.
“Close family members of Key Management Personnel were paid a salary of £884 (2024: £2,181). They were employed under a standard contract of employment and under the approval of the Trustees.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Prior's Court Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dame Stephanie Shirley CH — Founding Patron (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.
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.
- CHILDS, Rachel Fiona — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
- CLARK, Susan Ann — director, appointed 28/05/2026on trustee list
- MARLOW, Stacey Caroline — director, appointed 27/09/2024on trustee list
- PORTER, Neil Lettington — director, appointed 23/01/2024on trustee list
- HAYFIELD, Colin John — director, appointed 10/01/2023on trustee list
- FAFINSKI, Stefan Frederick, Dr — director, appointed 20/07/2022not on trustee list
- FULTON, Deborah Anne — director, appointed 16/03/2022on trustee list
- WILSON, Charlotte, Dr — director, appointed 22/07/2021on trustee list
- WOODLEY, Michaela — secretary, appointed 23/06/2025
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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Prior's Court Foundation — Registered, 4 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 26/05/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£311k
Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PRIORS COURT FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a financial surplus of £984,623, which was slightly below budget due to increased employer national insurance contributions. Unrestricted reserves increased to £4,244,182, though this remains below the Board's stated target of £6.0m. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds PRIORS COURT FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PRIORS COURT FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANY, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, THE ASTOR FOUNDATION, ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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