The Unicorn Trust

Registered charity 1070807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UNICORN SCHOOL, THE UNICORN SCHOOL FOR THE DYSLEXIC CHILD, The Phoenix College, The Phoenix School

Latest income

£4.6m

Latest spending

£4.4m

Registered

1998

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.4m

Cost of raising funds

£7k

Reserves (reported)

£2.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Andrew Strivenschair
Alastair Blackmore
Arj Arul
David Ward
Fiona Bridget Love
Gillian Bisset
Marion Frostick
NATALIE MACDONALD
Niki Dinsey
Susan Ann Piper

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.6m	£4.4m
31/08/2024	£3.9m	£3.5m
31/08/2023	£3.3m	£3.0m
31/08/2022	£3.0m	£2.8m
31/08/2021	£2.5m	£2.3m

Common questions

Who funds The Unicorn Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Unicorn Trust as a grant recipient include E B M CHARITABLE TRUST, MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£25k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k