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LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE

Registered charity 1143359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N/A

The College principally provides a secondary education to boys and girls aged 11-18, both boarding and day.

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Latest income
£38.0m
Latest spending
£21.9m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net income for the year of £16,605,907, significantly higher than the previous year, largely due to the acquisition of net assets from the merger with St Neot's. The group holds total reserves of £62.9m, including £45.5m in unrestricted income, while maintaining a pension scheme asset of £20,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for at least twelve months 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: sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall and to rely on the readily realisable investments as adequate cover for the College’s longer-term capital expenditure commitments and any longer-term financial obligations (held: £45.5m)
“The Group's reserves policy is to maintain sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall and to rely on the readily realisable investments as adequate cover for the College’s longer-term capital expenditure commitments and any longer-term financial obligations.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lord Wandsworth College (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (2,704 followers) · instagram (5,823 followers)

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

Total income
£38.0m
Total spending
£21.9m
Cost of raising funds
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
282

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 4.3% 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: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£38.0m£21.9m
31/08/2024£22.4m£20.5m
31/08/2023£20.7m£18.6m
31/08/2022£18.7m£16.5m
31/08/2021£18.3m£14.9m

Common questions

Is LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net income for the year of £16,605,907, significantly higher than the previous year, largely due to the acquisition of net assets from the merger with St Neot's. The group holds total reserves of £62.9m, including £45.5m in unrestricted income, while maintaining a pension scheme asset of £20,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for at least twelve months with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE as a grant recipient include THE CONNAUGHT TRUST, The William Brake Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CONNAUGHT TRUSTFY2022£6kCadets
THE CONNAUGHT TRUSTFY2021£3k
The William Brake FoundationFY2022£2k

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 DORIS GREGORY TRUST1£386k
CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST1£82k
GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION1£79k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION1£63k
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION1£10k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION1£8k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LORD WANDSWORTH COLLEGE£38.0m——unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL FY2025£36.3m——unclear—no doubt
ARDINGLY COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£45.1m——unclear—no doubt
OUR LADY OF SION SCHOOL, WORTHING FY2025£4.0m——below—no doubt
THE LADY ELEANOR HOLLES SCHOOL FY2025£27.3m——unclear—no doubt
CLIFTON COLLEGE FY2024£43.0m——below—no doubt

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