SCHOOL FUND

Registered charity 1108324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TANBRIDGE HOUSE SCHOOL, TANBRIDGE HOUSE SCHOOL FUND, THS

SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION OF TANBRIDGE HOUSE STUDENTSUNDERTAKE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME

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Latest income
£301k
Latest spending
£339k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £47,213.93 at the end of the period, resulting in a deficit of £38,821.43 against total expenditure of £339,430.68. The trustees note that increased financial pressures on parents are impacting the charity's income, which primarily consists of parental donations. The independent examiner confirmed that the fund's assets were sufficient to meet all liabilities in full.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Parental donations
Our main source of income is parental donations
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £47k)
Reasons for holding zero reserves — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£301k£339k
31/07/2024£297k£309k
31/07/2023£233k£262k
31/07/2022£87k£48k
31/07/2021£26k£19k

Common questions

Is SCHOOL FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £47,213.93 at the end of the period, resulting in a deficit of £38,821.43 against total expenditure of £339,430.68. The trustees note that increased financial pressures on parents are impacting the charity's income, which primarily consists of parental donations. The independent examiner confirmed that the fund's assets were sufficient to meet all liabilities in full. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England21/12/2012£10kTanbridge 2012

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 CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£170k
THE 4814 TRUST1£25k
The Leathersellers' Foundation1£25k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SCHOOL FUND£301k0belowno doubt
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.9munclearno doubt
THE TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m0unclear21.5%no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2024£1.5m0aboveno doubt
FRIENDS OF THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL FY2025£789k0unclearno doubt
CHARTERS-ANCASTER COLLEGE (1995) FY2024£1.4m0belownoted

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