THE KINGHAM HILL TRUST

Registered charity 1076618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGHAM HILL SCHOOL, OAK HILL THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

Latest income

£12.8m

Latest spending

£27.7m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust transferred its school operations to the Dean Close Foundation, resulting in an exceptional charge and a significant reduction in net assets from £40.1m to £25.5m. Per the trustees' report, the remaining resources are considered sufficient to support the ongoing work at Oak Hill College, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 5% p.a. limit on spending of investments (held: £11.2m)

“a 5% p.a. limit, set by the Trustees, on the spending of the investments on ordinary activities has been in place for some time.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

James Robson — Principal (source)
Matthew Sleeman — Vice Principal (source)
Tim Ward — Vice Principal (source)
Helen Archer-Smith — Director of Operations and Finance (source)
Jonny Reid — Director of Engagement (source)
Jeremy Anderson CBE — Chair of Oak Hill College Council (source)
Simon Pilcher — Chair of Kingham Hill Trust (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£12.8m

Total spending

£27.7m

Cost of raising funds

£96k

Reserves (reported)

£25.2m

Employees

203

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Simon Humphrey Westland Pilcherchair
CAROLINE MARGARET PELLEREAU
Jeremy David Bruce Anderson
KEITH ALEXANDER MARCHAND EDMUNDS · trustee of 1 other charity
Keith Basil Civval
Neil Anthony Powell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Northern Ireland · Oxfordshire · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£12.8m	£27.7m
31/07/2024	£13.0m	£13.4m
31/07/2023	£12.6m	£12.6m
31/07/2022	£13.5m	£12.7m
31/07/2021	£11.0m	£10.9m

Common questions

Is THE KINGHAM HILL TRUST financially healthy?

Who funds THE KINGHAM HILL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE KINGHAM HILL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LITTLE SHELFORD, THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LITTLE SHELFORD	FY2021	£3k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2025	£800
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2024	£800

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ST HILD AND ST BEDE TRUST	1	£831k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	1	£10k

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