TALBOT HOUSE CHILDREN’S CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1076317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TALBOT HOUSE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL SCHOOL LIMITED, TALBOT HOUSE SCHOOL NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TALBOT HOUSE TRUST NORTH EAST

We are a non maintained special school in the north east region, for children and young people who have emotional, social and mental health difficulties. We place great emphasis on social and educational inclusion and our ability to purposefully engage young people is a key to a young persons educational ongoing development in these areas.

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Latest income
£3.8m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £681,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £3,433,537. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a healthy cash position and has determined that its free reserves of £1,239,563 are sufficient to cover approximately 4.7 months of operating costs, meeting their stated policy target of 4 to 6 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 4 and 6 months operating costs (held: £1.2m)
“The trustees consider it prudent to maintain unrestricted free reserves at a level sufficient to cover between 4 and 6 months operating costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £40k
“Pension Liability 16 (40,241 ) ( 16,943)” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.8m
Total spending
£3.1m
Reserves (reported)
£3.4m
Employees
63

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.8m£3.1m
31/03/2024£3.4m£2.9m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.9m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.7m£2.3m

Common questions

Is TALBOT HOUSE CHILDREN’S CHARITY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £681,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £3,433,537. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a healthy cash position and has determined that its free reserves of £1,239,563 are sufficient to cover approximately 4.7 months of operating costs, meeting their stated policy target of 4 to 6 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TALBOT HOUSE CHILDREN’S CHARITY LIMITED£3.8m——within—no doubt
CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
YORK HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.1m——above—no doubt
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£821k—0above—no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

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