THE SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1081475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of early years education and provision community hall to local inhabitants.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF STEYNING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: STEYNING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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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Latest income

£144k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £143,903 and incurred a deficit of £3,277 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Free reserves totalled £23,304, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue activities if there was a significant drop in short-term funding. The charity is acting in line with its reserves policy, which aims to maintain financial affairs within a tight budget to cover unexpected shortfalls.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: tight budget approved by trustees (held: £23k)

“It is Nursery policy that financial affairs are maintained within a tight budget approved by trustees. The nature of the Nursery’s activities determines the reserves fund and other assets are held to cover unexpected shortfalls on the Statement of Financial Activities.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Complaints 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
Paying staff
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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alice Bright · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen McGrath
Houda Davis-Schwarz · trustee of 1 other charity
Lucy Nicol
William Pickford · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£144k	£147k
31/08/2024	£143k	£136k
31/08/2023	£123k	£126k
31/08/2022	£119k	£119k
31/08/2021	£111k	£113k

Common questions

Is THE SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £143,903 and incurred a deficit of £3,277 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Free reserves totalled £23,304, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue activities if there was a significant drop in short-term funding. The charity is acting in line with its reserves policy, which aims to maintain financial affairs within a tight budget to cover unexpected shortfalls. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£320

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED.

THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED income £5.8m
THE DOWNS SCHOOL TRUST income £106k
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL income £189k
THISTLEDOWN EDUCATION TRUST income £2.1m
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST income £1.5m
NEEDINGWORTH COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £124k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SOUTHDOWN SCHOOL TRUST	£144k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED FY2025	£5.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL TRUST FY2026	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THISTLEDOWN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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