Nottingham High School Education Group Limited

Registered charity 1104251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7063652 · Wikipedia · also known as NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

Primary and Secondary Education

Objects

To advance education and training by the provision and conduct of nursery, primary and secondary schools in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Area of benefit: CITY OF NOTTINGHAM.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 £770,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £23.6 million. Free reserves held at year-end were £8.64 million, which is above the policy target of £6.72 million. The School confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 31 (£60,001–£70,000: 20; £70,001–£80,000: 4; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £300,001–£350,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 88 (£60,001–£70,000: 15; £70,001–£80,000: 29; £80,001–£90,000: 17; £90,001–£100,000: 10; £100,001–£110,000: 10; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £350,001–£400,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 74 (£60,001–£70,000: 33; £70,001–£80,000: 22; £80,001–£90,000: 11; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 2; £350,001–£400,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • {"amount": 191045, "description": "Amounts owed to group undertakings", "quote": "Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand."}

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.

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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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 Education Group Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School generated a net income of £770,000 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £23.6 million. Free reserves held at year-end were £8.64 million, which is above the policy target of £6.72 million. The School confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds Nottingham High School Education Group Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Nottingham High School Education Group Limited 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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIESFY2025£326kScholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIESFY2024£317kScholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIESFY2023£298kScholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIESFY2022£274kScholarships
NOTTINGHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIESFY2021£261kScholarships
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£45kEducation
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2025£15k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2024£5k

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 ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Nottingham High School Education Group Limited£23.6m——unclear—no doubt
GRESHAM'S SCHOOL FY2025£51.7m——unclear—no doubt
HERRIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
FINTON HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£8.0m——above—no doubt
THE GRANGE SCHOOL HARTFORD LIMITED FY2025£17.0m——unclear—no doubt
FETCHAM VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL FY2025£210k—0above—no doubt

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