THE NOTTING HILL PREP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1132512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Jane Cameron Bursary Foundation

To provide grants and bursaries to pupils of Notting Hill Prep School, who would not otherwise be able to attend the school, to enable them to further their Education.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHILDREN IN PRIMARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION) AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING BURSARIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUPILS OF NOTTING HILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL ('THE SCHOOL') WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE PREVENTED BY FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FROM BECOMING OR REMAINING PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£203k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £1,112,998, which the trustees state are sufficient to cover committed expenditure for the next 12 months. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity does not currently employ any staff, relying instead on trustees and volunteers for management and support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain a level of unrestricted reserves which generates sufficient investment income to continue the charity’s activities on an ongoing basis (reserves figure: £1.1m)
“The Trustees therefore intend to maintain a level of unrestricted reserves which generates sufficient investment income to continue the charity’s activities on an ongoing basis. At the year end the unrestricted reserves of the charity amount to £1,112,998”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee J Benson made a donation of £6,938.75 to the charity
“During the year, the Trustee J Benson made a donation of £6,938.75 to the charity (2024: £6,141.75).” — page 17
“The Trustee R Balon made a donation of £6,141.75 (2024:nil) and pledged a donation of £6,938.75 (2024: £6,141.75), which is included in accrued income in debtors due within one year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee R Balon made a donation of £6,141.75 and pledged £6,938.75
“During the year, the Trustee J Benson made a donation of £6,938.75 to the charity (2024: £6,141.75).” — page 17
“The Trustee R Balon made a donation of £6,141.75 (2024:nil) and pledged a donation of £6,938.75 (2024: £6,141.75), which is included in accrued income in debtors due within one year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Notting Hill Prep Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£203k£173k
31/08/2024£332k£148k
31/08/2023£138k£110k
31/08/2022£346k£103k
31/08/2021£182k£155k

Common questions

Is THE NOTTING HILL PREP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £1,112,998, which the trustees state are sufficient to cover committed expenditure for the next 12 months. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity does not currently employ any staff, relying instead on trustees and volunteers for management and support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NOTTING HILL PREP FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NOTTING HILL PREP FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE RISMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kEducation

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
SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND1£210k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIGNIFICANCE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NOTTING HILL PREP FOUNDATION£203k—0unclear—no doubt
SIGNIFICANCE FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
KNOWLE HILL SCHOOL FY2025£33k—0above—no doubt
NEWTON BURSARY FUND FY2025£380k—0unclear—no doubt
WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£460k—0within—no doubt
NOTTING HILL AND EALING HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS' GUILD FY2025£28k—0above—no doubt

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