THE TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1099162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education by the provision of grants, services and other resources (including support by any charitable means) to Tonbridge School.

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Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £1,695,236 at the year-end, a decrease from the previous year's £1,782,789. The charity reported total incoming resources of £1,455,511 against total expenditure of £1,161,419, resulting in a net income for the year of £369,694. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 21.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The analysis reflects the direct fundraising costs incurred by the Tonbridge School Foundation (£5k (2024:£2k)) plus an allocation of the total Tonbridge Society team overhead costs incurred by Tonbridge School (£690k (2024:£589k) inclusive of central overheads as required by the Charity SORP).” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Gavin Rochussen — Chairman of the Tonbridge Society (source)
Adrian Ballard — Director (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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£331k

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~17.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Tonbridge School

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£1.5m	£1.2m
30/06/2024	£1.0m	£535k
30/06/2023	£1.3m	£424k
30/06/2022	£1.0m	£439k
30/06/2021	£1.3m	£552k

Common questions

Is THE TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £1,695,236 at the year-end, a decrease from the previous year's £1,782,789. The charity reported total incoming resources of £1,455,511 against total expenditure of £1,161,419, resulting in a net income for the year of £369,694. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SIR ANDREW JUDD FOUNDATION	1	£4.1m
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation	1	£58k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TONBRIDGE SCHOOL.

TONBRIDGE SCHOOL income £47.1m
ST AUGUSTINE'S CHAPEL CHARITY income £101k
THE SIR ANDREW JUDD FOUNDATION income £2.3m
THE TIFFIN SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £745k
SCHOOL FUND income £301k
Highworth Grammar School Trust, School Fund income £565k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	21.5%	no doubt
TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FY2025	£47.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST AUGUSTINE'S CHAPEL CHARITY FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SIR ANDREW JUDD FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TIFFIN SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2024	£745k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£301k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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