CHRIST'S HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1120090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL

Christ's Hospital is a Christian school dedicated to providing a stable background and education of high standard to young people having regard especially to those from families facing social, financial or other specific need.

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Latest income
£56.4m
Latest spending
£45.3m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £490.3m, comprising £418.3m in endowed funds and £67.8m in unrestricted funds. The charity reports a net incoming fund from operations of £3.9m and holds significant cash reserves, with the trustees confirming resources are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 56
“The number of employees whose total emoluments for the period exceeded £60,000 was 56 (2024: 50)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Council Member donations
“Donations totalling £40,187 (2024: £7,156) have been received from five (2024: three) Council Members.”
“The charges were £16,170 (2024: £13,164) for the nursery lease and £460,584 (2024: £509,934) for the master agreement and intellectual property rights licence fee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: CHEL lease/license fees
“Donations totalling £40,187 (2024: £7,156) have been received from five (2024: three) Council Members.”
“The charges were £16,170 (2024: £13,164) for the nursery lease and £460,584 (2024: £509,934) for the master agreement and intellectual property rights licence fee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Bluecoat Sports fees
“Donations totalling £40,187 (2024: £7,156) have been received from five (2024: three) Council Members.”
“The charges were £16,170 (2024: £13,164) for the nursery lease and £460,584 (2024: £509,934) for the master agreement and intellectual property rights licence fee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Foundation grants
“Donations totalling £40,187 (2024: £7,156) have been received from five (2024: three) Council Members.”
“The charges were £16,170 (2024: £13,164) for the nursery lease and £460,584 (2024: £509,934) for the master agreement and intellectual property rights licence fee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Christal House electricity
“Donations totalling £40,187 (2024: £7,156) have been received from five (2024: three) Council Members.”
“The charges were £16,170 (2024: £13,164) for the nursery lease and £460,584 (2024: £509,934) for the master agreement and intellectual property rights licence fee.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

53 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (50 freehold); recorded price paid £102.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram (106K followers)

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

Total income
£56.8m
Total spending
£45.3m
Cost of raising funds
£7.5m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
603

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£56.4m£45.3m
31/08/2024£47.1m£42.6m
31/08/2023£38.8m£41.6m
31/08/2022£37.3m£38.4m
31/08/2021£39.1m£35.0m

Common questions

Is CHRIST'S HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at £490.3m, comprising £418.3m in endowed funds and £67.8m in unrestricted funds. The charity reports a net incoming fund from operations of £3.9m and holds significant cash reserves, with the trustees confirming resources are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds CHRIST'S HOSPITAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHRIST'S HOSPITAL as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY), THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CUTLERS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND, WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2024£140kEducation
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£12kExtras for the Academic Year 2024/25
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)FY2025£5k
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)FY2024£5kGreater London Fund
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)FY2022£5kPersons in Need Fund
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CUTLERS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£4kSupport for Education
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£600Education
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£600Education

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England17/06/2013£10kChrist's Hospital Table Tennis Centre

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
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD1£66k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST1£39k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL£56.4m—56unclear—no doubt
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION FY2025£20.0m—0unclear—no doubt
HANDMAIDS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS (REGENTS PARK, LONDON, AND CHRISTCHURCH, HANTS ) FY2025£4.8m——above—no doubt
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED FY2024£4.5m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE SUE THOMSON FOUNDATION FY2025£290k—0unclear—no doubt

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