WOODARD SCHOOLS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) LIMITED

Registered charity 1103326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are part of The Woodard Corporation (charity No 1096270) and we strive for the best all round education of every aspect of each individual. We are a Christian foundation and adhere to the Catholic foundation as found in the church and support the care of each individual and the whole school community particularised in the ministry of the school chaplains.

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Latest income

£13.1m

Latest spending

£13.3m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £125k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £13.2m. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, noting a material uncertainty regarding the bank loan due to covenant breaches, although the bank has confirmed continued support until at least May 2027. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3.5m, while the charity remains dependent on bank facilities to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £140,001 - £150,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)

“In the band £140,001 - £150,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient working capital to meet the present needs and future development requirements (held: £3.5m)

“The aim is to budget so to provide sufficient working capital to meet the present needs and future development requirements of the School without the requirement to have recourse to sales of tangible fixed assets.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed

“We draw attention to note 2.2 in the financial statements which identifies breaches in the loan covenants which could result in the bank recalling the loan. Whilst the bank has confirmed that they are unlikely to act on the current breaches, this is not certain, and this indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £161k

“This valuation showed assets of £514.9m, liabilities of £531.0m and a deficit of £16.1m.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Enterprises Limited

“The company has a wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary, Woodard Schools (Nottinghamshire) Enterprises Limited, the activities and trading of which are described below.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Charles Bailey — Headmaster (source)
Tom Dannatt — Chief Financial and Operating Officer (source)
David Thorpe — Headmaster, Ranby House (source)
Charlotte Futter — Senior Deputy Head, Pastoral (source)
Andrew Axelby — Deputy Head, Academic (source)
Helen Clark — Deputy Head, Ranby House (source)
Ian Parkin — Assistant Head, Co-curricular and Sport (source)
Mark Pymm — Assistant Head, Pastoral (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.

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): facebook

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

Total income

£13.2m

Total spending

£13.3m

Cost of raising funds

£697k

Reserves (reported)

£3.5m

Employees

228

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JASON CHARLES BARNSDALEchair
David Knowles
Ian Grout · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Ladds
Kumar Muthukumarappan
Malcolm Charles Phillips
Nigel James Porter
Richard Stones
Robert William Gilbert Ross
Sarah Maskell
Timothy Conroy

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£13.1m	£13.3m
31/08/2024	£11.8m	£12.9m
31/08/2023	£10.9m	£10.4m
31/08/2022	£9.2m	£9.0m
31/08/2021	£9.1m	£8.9m

Common questions

Is WOODARD SCHOOLS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £125k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £13.2m. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, noting a material uncertainty regarding the bank loan due to covenant breaches, although the bank has confirmed continued support until at least May 2027. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3.5m, while the charity remains dependent on bank facilities to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of WOODARD SCHOOLS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £140,001 - £150,000 band.

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£174k
DELAPAGE LIMITED	1	£100k
SHINE: SUPPORT AND HELP IN EDUCATION	1	£41k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST	1	£40k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£22k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOODARD CORPORATION.

THE WOODARD CORPORATION income £1.9m
WEMMS EDUCATION UNLIMITED LIMITED income £4.6m
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED income £1.2m
WOODFORD GREEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED income £5.3m
BOOTHAM SCHOOL income £13.7m
LANCING COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT WORTHING LIMITED income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOODARD SCHOOLS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) LIMITED	£13.1m	£140,001 - £150,000	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
THE WOODARD CORPORATION FY2025	£1.9m	£270,001 - £280,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEMMS EDUCATION UNLIMITED LIMITED FY2025	£4.6m	—	—	below	—	noted
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL (NORWICH) LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	below	—	no doubt
WOODFORD GREEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£5.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOOTHAM SCHOOL FY2025	£13.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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