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THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1113285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the company for the period under review was running the Children's House School on its two sites in Islington providing nursery education for children from the age of 2 to 4 at its Elmore Street building and primary education for children from the age of 4 at the Upper School in King Henry's Walk.

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £172,435 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £2,382,173 against expenditure of £2,209,738. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,322,214, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of covering approximately one term's expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,000 - £89,999 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee had gross remuneration excluding pension contributions in the range of £80,000 - £89,999” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“One employee had gross remuneration excluding pension contributions in the range of £80,000 - £89,999, and one employee in the range of £60,000 - £69,999” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one term's expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“The Trustees aim to build a sufficient level of free reserves to repay fee deposits, to cover approximately one term’s expenditure” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~12.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.4m£2.2m
31/08/2024£2.0m£2.0m
31/08/2023£1.8m£1.8m
31/08/2022£1.5m£1.6m
31/08/2021£1.6m£1.5m

Common questions

Is THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £172,435 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £2,382,173 against expenditure of £2,209,738. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,322,214, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of covering approximately one term's expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,000 - £89,999 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

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 CROSS TRUST1£110k
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
Wokingham United Charities1£6k
RICHARD REEVE'S FOUNDATION1£4k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k
THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND1£300

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TILEHOUSE STREET PRESCHOOL AND NURSERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE SCHOOL£2.4m£80,000 - £89,9992above—no doubt
TILEHOUSE STREET PRESCHOOL AND NURSERY FY2025£166k—0above—noted
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
ROYAL ELTHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt
LITTLE LEARNERS PRE SCHOOL FY2025£153k—0unclear—noted
Forest School, London FY2025£39.0m£300,001 - £310,000—above—no doubt

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