NORTHLEIGH HOUSE SCHOOL LTD

Registered charity 1135483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHLEIGH HOUSE SCHOOL, RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRE - WARWICK

Northleigh House School exists to help young people recover confidence and catch up academic work so that they can return to school or employment.

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Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by 23% to £2,697,779, supported by a 12% rise in total income to £1,965,158. While cash balances decreased by 25% due to a £1,000,000 property deposit, the Trustees confirm sufficient resources exist with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted net reserves in hand to cover unforeseen financial difficulties (held: £2.7m)
“The board aims to have unrestricted net reserves in hand. These reserves would be used to cover any unforeseen financial difficulties that might otherwise impact adversely on the organisation's charitable activities.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mrs V M Morgan received remuneration of £21,129.
“Mrs V M Morgan received remuneration including employer’s NI of £21,129 (2024:£4,500) for the year ended 31 July 2025.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration
“Mrs V M Morgan received remuneration including employer’s NI of £21,129 (2024:£4,500) for the year ended 31 July 2025.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dawsons Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northleigh House School (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~22.2 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 (97% 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: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.0m£1.5m
31/07/2024£1.8m£1.3m
31/07/2023£1.5m£1.3m
31/07/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/07/2021£1.3m£909k

Common questions

Is NORTHLEIGH HOUSE SCHOOL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by 23% to £2,697,779, supported by a 12% rise in total income to £1,965,158. While cash balances decreased by 25% due to a £1,000,000 property deposit, the Trustees confirm sufficient resources exist with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dawsons Audit Limited.

Who funds NORTHLEIGH HOUSE SCHOOL LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHLEIGH HOUSE SCHOOL LTD as a grant recipient include THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK, THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST, CASTLE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH WARWICK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICKFY2025£25kTown Share Grant
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
CASTLE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH WARWICKFY2022£500CAMEO fundraising

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/09/2014£27k"Coventry and Cassino: Destruction and Hope"
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2012£7kNorthleigh House School after school club.

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£190k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHLEIGH HOUSE SCHOOL LTD£2.0m—0above—no doubt
NEWLAND HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.7m——unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST LIFE EDUCATION LIMITED FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
DAIR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
LUCKLEY HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£8.7m£130,001 - £140,000—below—no doubt

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