LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES

Registered charity 1117883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AA HAMILTON COLLEGE LTD

Providing Higher EducationResearch & DevelopmentTechnical & Vocational SecondaryAdult and other EducationConsultancy to HE Sector

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £228,397 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,926,743. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £1,287,148, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' average expenditure, indicating a strong financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fee income for taught awards (88% of income)
“Fee income for taught awards (exclusive of VAT) 1,686,500”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' average expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“The Trustees consider holding reserves amounting to approximately at least three months’ average expenditure.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Amstor Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £520k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
25

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 (100% 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

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

Operates in: Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.9m£1.7m
31/07/2024£2.0m£1.3m
31/07/2023£389k£357k
31/07/2022£272k£306k
31/07/2021£290k£285k

Common questions

Is LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £228,397 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,926,743. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £1,287,148, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' average expenditure, indicating a strong financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Amstor Accountants Limited.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD FY2025£11.1m——above—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LONDRES FY2024£13.9m——below—no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt

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