GREAT OAKS SMALL SCHOOL

Registered charity 1105559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This is a small independent school for students aged 11 to 18, designated by DfES as suitable for some students with specific learning difficulties. Many of the students could be considered emotionally vulnerable, but are of average or above average intelligence.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,159,681, supported by a net income surplus of £334,604 for the year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £1,112,247 against current liabilities of £58,263.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Batchelor Coop Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Julie-Anne Kelly — Head Teacher (source)
• Rebecca Taylor — Assistant Headteacher/Curriculum (source)
• Andy Crane — Assistant Headteacher/health & Safety/Data (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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

• George Adams
• Ian Matheson Grant
• SANDRA JONES
• STUART PHILIP JONES

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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Side by side with its peers

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