THE KINGHAM HILL TRUST

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

To train men and women for ordination or other ministries in the Church of England or other Protestant denominations at Oak Hill College.To advance the physical, mental and spiritual education of children and to otherwise advance education, in accordance with the Christian Faith

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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.

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

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. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Kingham Hill School to join the Dean Close Foundation independentschoolmanagement.co.uk · 20/05/2025
Kingham Hill School will be joining the Dean Close Foundation banburyguardian.co.uk · 12/05/2025

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

The Kingham Hill Trust — “Oak Hill is owned and governed by the Kingham Hill Trust, with strategic and operational management delegated by the trustees to the Oak Hil…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LITTLE SHELFORD	FY2021	£3k	Home missions, local school and other agencies
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
THE TEWKESBURY ABBEY FOUNDATION	1	£186k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD.

KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD income £247k
WEST HILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
OAKHILL EDUCATION TRUST income £1.8m
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £213k
GOLD HILL CHURCH TRUST income £706k
HAMPSHIRE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE KINGHAM HILL TRUST	£12.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD FY2025	£247k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST HILL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	noted
OAKHILL EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GOLD HILL CHURCH TRUST FY2026	£706k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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