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IBSTOCK PLACE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1145565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IPS

The advancement of education for the public benefit by:(a) providing, conducting, governing, carrying on and maintaining a school or schools for the education of pupils not older than the age of nineteen years. (b) providing facilities for the use of the public, including teaching and recreation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the local community.

Objects

The advancement of education for the public benefit by:(a) providing, conducting, governing, carrying on and maintaining a school or schools for the education of pupils not older than the age of nineteen years; and(b) providing facilities for the use of the public, including use for:(i) meetings, lectures and classes; and(ii) other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the local community.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Latest income
£26.0m
Latest spending
£24.5m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £58,890,264, with free reserves of £6,305,175. The trustees report that the policy is to invest all free reserves into future development plans rather than maintaining a fixed cash target. The auditor confirms that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (93% of income)
“School fees 25,511,449” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). 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
£26.0m
Total spending
£24.5m
Reserves (reported)
£6.3m
Employees
306

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£26.0m£24.5m
31/07/2024£25.6m£22.2m
31/07/2023£22.9m£20.8m
31/07/2022£20.9m£18.4m
31/07/2021£20.1m£16.5m

Common questions

Is IBSTOCK PLACE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £58,890,264, with free reserves of £6,305,175. The trustees report that the policy is to invest all free reserves into future development plans rather than maintaining a fixed cash target. The auditor confirms that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Alliotts LLP.

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 EDWARD & CATHERINE WRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£32k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IBSTOCK PLACE SCHOOL£26.0m——unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m——below—no doubt
THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
Headington School Oxford Limited FY2025£28.8m——unclear—no doubt
ACTIVE LUTON FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE LEYS AND ST FAITH'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FY2025£34.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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