LANGDON COLLEGE

Registered charity 1088936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANGDON, LANGDON LEARNING

Providing post 16 education to school leavers with special educational needs. In particular to Jewish children and young people

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £123,622 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total reserves falling sharply to £1,981 from £125,603 the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the financial environment remains tight with reliance on Local Authority contracts, though the auditor confirmed the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £2k)
“As at 31 August 2025 the College had reserves of £1,981 (2024: £125,603)” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Langdon Foundation
“At the year end, the charity had a debtor of £22,720 (2024: £17,505) due from The Langdon Foundation. During the year, The Langdon Foundation charged the charity building lease rents of £1,640 (2024: £6,560) which are included in the amount stated in Note 8 above.” — page 21
“At the year end, the charity had a creditor of £18,793 (2024: nil) due to KisharonLangdon Enterprises Ltd” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: KisharonLangdon Enterprises Ltd
“At the year end, the charity had a debtor of £22,720 (2024: £17,505) due from The Langdon Foundation. During the year, The Langdon Foundation charged the charity building lease rents of £1,640 (2024: £6,560) which are included in the amount stated in Note 8 above.” — page 21
“At the year end, the charity had a creditor of £18,793 (2024: nil) due to KisharonLangdon Enterprises Ltd” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Langdon College — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 27/06/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£2k
Employees
19

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: Charitable activities (87% 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: Barnet · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.7m£1.9m
31/08/2024£1.3m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.9m£1.9m
31/12/2022£1.6m£1.4m
31/12/2021£1.3m£1.3m

Common questions

Is LANGDON COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £123,622 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total reserves falling sharply to £1,981 from £125,603 the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the financial environment remains tight with reliance on Local Authority contracts, though the auditor confirmed the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds LANGDON COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LANGDON COLLEGE as a grant recipient include YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2024£470
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2023£470
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2022£150
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2022£100

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LANGDON COLLEGE£1.7m—0below—no doubt
SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE FY2025£735k—0above—no doubt
Royal Deaf Education Trust FY2025£9.0m—3below—no doubt
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED FY2025£4.6m—0unclear—no doubt
JLE FY2025£3.2m——above—noted

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