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THE HIGHCOMBE EDGE TRUST

Registered charity 1077572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST (HANTS)

Provision of the charity's assets to support the advancement of the education of children and young people through a Brethren school

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £6,545,831, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' unrestricted expenditure (held: £6.5m)
“The charity's policy is to maintain minimum free reserves at a level which equates to six months' unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift Aid from subsidiary
“£289,913 (2024 : £324,349) was received by the Charity from the subsidiary under gift aid.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by mca Banbury Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (84% 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: 86.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.2m£2.3m
31/12/2024£3.7m£2.7m
31/12/2023£2.6m£2.7m
31/12/2022£2.3m£2.4m
31/12/2021£1.2m£1.4m

Common questions

Is THE HIGHCOMBE EDGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £6,545,831, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by mca Banbury Ltd.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DOOUSS CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HIGHCOMBE EDGE TRUST£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.3m——above—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO FY2025£424k—0unclear—no doubt
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£260k—0unclear1.4%no doubt

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