ABINGDON SCHOOL

Registered charity 1071298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4667847 · Wikipedia

To advance, for the public benefit, the education of children and young people not older than the age of 19 years at Abingdon School and Abingdon Preparatory School or such other school as the Governors may from time to time determine.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE NOT OLDER THAN THE AGE OF NINETEEN YEARS AT ABINGDON SCHOOL OR SUCH OTHER SCHOOL AS THE GOVERNORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND (II) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUPILS OF ABINGDON SCHOOL AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LIFE OF SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: ABINGDON SCHOOL AND JOSCA'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

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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Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds stood at £53,291,000, though the trustees note that the group operates with negative free reserves because surpluses are reinvested into fixed assets. The trustees consider the level of activity and year-end financial position to be satisfactory, citing adequate working capital and predictable cash flows from pupil rolls.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03625063
• Trading subsidiary: ABINGDON SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 04442429

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Abingdon School — “The Abingdon Science Partnership (ASP), proudly supported and funded by Abingdon School, is dedicated to boosting engagement in Science acro…” (source page)

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.

• SPORLE, James Alan — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• GARNIER, Thomas Julian Cadbury — director, appointed 24/06/2025on trustee list
• KRUGER, Nicholas John, Professor — director, appointed 04/12/2024on trustee list
• GOODALL, Henrietta Katharine Priscilla — director, appointed 04/12/2024on trustee list
• RUTLAND, Felicity Mary — director, appointed 03/09/2024on trustee list
• ROBERTSON, Benjamin Mark Manwaring — director, appointed 13/03/2024on trustee list
• LOWE, Charles Robert — director, appointed 06/12/2023on trustee list
• SCARLETT, Henry Charles — director, appointed 06/12/2023on trustee list
• BEER, Mark Gregory — director, appointed 23/03/2022on trustee list
• FARWELL, Michael Neil — director, appointed 06/07/2019on trustee list
• WHEELER, Kate, Dr — director, appointed 13/03/2019on trustee list
• WOOLLARD, Harriet Margaret Corlett — director, appointed 07/01/2019on trustee list
• SENSECALL, Steven John — director, appointed 07/01/2019on trustee list
• HODGES, Justin — secretary, appointed 22/06/2016

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £400k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (3,654 followers) · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~18.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Robertson
• Charles Robert Lowe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Kate Wheeler
• Felicity Mary Rutland
• Harriet Margaret Corlett Woollard
• Henrietta Katharine Priscilla Goodall
• Henry Charles Scarlett
• James Alan Sporle
• Mark Gregory Beer · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Neil Farwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Heron Dickson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Nicholas John Kruger
• Steven John Sensecall
• Thomas Garnier
• Valerie Margaret Elizabeth Laing

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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Side by side with its peers

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