NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

Registered charity 1104251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Primary and Secondary Education

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Latest income

£23.6m

Latest spending

£23.0m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School generated a net income of £0.77m and held free reserves of £8.64m, which is above the stated policy target of one term's expenditure plus capital repayments (£6.72m). The Governors confirm the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities

“Income from charitable activities was £22,092,000 (2024: £21,268,000) of which all was attributable to unrestricted funds.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one term's expenditure (excluding depreciation) plus the capital repayments due on term loans during the next 12-month period (held: £8.6m)

“The School aims to hold, at 31 August each year, reserves in the form of unrestricted cash and investments which total no less than one term's expenditure (excluding depreciation) plus the capital repayments due on term loans during the next 12-month period.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Spouses of trustees/senior management

“A number of trustees and members of the senior management team have spouses who are employed by the School. The appointments were made in open competition and the trustees/senior management team were not involved in the decision making process regarding appointment.” — page 36

“During the year ended 31 August 2025, the company recharged management expenses of £18,002 (2024: £18,000) and received £51,286 (2024: £109,518) of gift aid from Nottingham High School International Limited.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Subsidiary company transactions

“A number of trustees and members of the senior management team have spouses who are employed by the School. The appointments were made in open competition and the trustees/senior management team were not involved in the decision making process regarding appointment.” — page 36

“During the year ended 31 August 2025, the company recharged management expenses of £18,002 (2024: £18,000) and received £51,286 (2024: £109,518) of gift aid from Nottingham High School International Limited.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Andrew Holman — Headmaster (source)
Steve Banks — Chair of Governors (source)
Stuart Ramsey — Director of Finance and Operations (source)
Polly Bennett — Head of the Infant & Junior School (source)
Paul Spedding — Deputy Head Academic (source)
Angharad Simpson — Deputy Head (International and Strategic Projects) (source)
Lisa Gritti — Deputy Head (Individuals) (source)
Richard Alexander — Assistant Head (Co-curricular) (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)

22 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (21 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£23.6m

Total spending

£23.0m

Cost of raising funds

£132k

Reserves (reported)

£8.6m

Employees

295

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Richard Alexander Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher John Prentice
Dr Basheera Hanslo · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Gail Walton · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Sharmini Krishanand · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Stephen John French
Emily Ann Winsor-Russell
Jill Michele Griffiths
Kevin Michael Shaw
Philip Graham Renshaw
Pooja Tank · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Puneet Singh Johal
Simon Robert Ivor Bromwich · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£23.6m	£23.0m
31/08/2024	£22.8m	£22.4m
31/08/2023	£21.1m	£20.6m
31/08/2022	£20.0m	£18.6m
31/08/2021	£17.9m	£17.4m

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School generated a net income of £0.77m and held free reserves of £8.64m, which is above the stated policy target of one term's expenditure plus capital repayments (£6.72m). The Governors confirm the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL as a grant recipient include NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND).

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES	FY2024	£317k	Scholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES	FY2023	£298k	Scholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES	FY2022	£274k	Scholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES	FY2021	£261k	Scholarships
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£45k	Education
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2025	£15k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2024	£5k