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LOCHINVER HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1091045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of education for boys between the ages of 4 - 13 years.

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Latest income
£5.7m
Latest spending
£5.9m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the school reported a deficit of £169,964 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by non-recurring costs including legal fees for a merger. However, the school holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £9,521,079, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet obligations and maintain going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of normal expenditure (held: £9.5m)
“As a minimum they should be three months of normal expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The company paid for the Directors' liability insurance. The cost of the premium is included within the total cost of insurance and amounted to £602 (2024: £1,548).
“During the year the company paid for the Directors' liability insurance. The cost of the premium is included within the total cost of insurance and amounted to £602 (2024: £1,548). During the year, the School paid £nil (2024 £3,360) to a previous Governor of the School for her services as a supply teacher.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haysmac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lochinver House Year 8 Charities (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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): instagram

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

Total income
£5.7m
Total spending
£5.9m
Reserves (reported)
£9.5m
Employees
95

Reported reserves equal ~19.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£5.7m£5.9m
31/08/2024£5.8m£5.9m
31/08/2023£5.5m£5.4m
31/08/2022£5.2m£4.9m
31/08/2021£4.9m£4.5m

Common questions

Is LOCHINVER HOUSE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the school reported a deficit of £169,964 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by non-recurring costs including legal fees for a merger. However, the school holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £9,521,079, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet obligations and maintain going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haysmac LLP.

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 OGDEN TRUST1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST RONAN'S SCHOOL (HAWKHURST).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOCHINVER HOUSE SCHOOL£5.7m——above—no doubt
ST RONAN'S SCHOOL (HAWKHURST) FY2025£8.0m——unclear—noted
BISHOP CHALLONER SCHOOL FY2023£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
LONGRIDGE TOWERS SCHOOL FY2025£4.8m——above—no doubt
THE TOWER HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt

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