Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation

Registered charity 1107027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S BOYS' SCHOOL FOUNDATION, The Haberdashers' Aske's Elstree Schools' Foundation

Raising money in support of the School's Bursary programme for means-tested awards to pupils whose parents may be in need of financial assistance; the provision of financial assistance towards the maintenance and development of the School; and the provision of facilities and equipment to support the education (including the social and physical training) of pupils in the School.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £465,428 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,190,012. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months, holding unrestricted reserves of £2,272,433. The charity does not have a stated target level of reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05263772

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.

• SACHDEV, Rishi Ramesh — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
• COCKERELL, Jane Victoria — director, appointed 13/10/2020on trustee list
• MYERS, Jonathan David — director, appointed 23/03/2019on trustee list
• CARTMELL, Simon Christopher — director, appointed 01/11/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~37.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Victoria Cockerell
• Jonathan David Myers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julian Gregory
• Oliver Buhus
• Rishi Ramesh Sachdev
• William Friar

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY.

• HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY income £68.0m
• ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED income £7.4m
• THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION income £454k
• LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD income £1.6m
• CAMDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF FRANCES MARY BUSS income £873k
• SEVENOAKS SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

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