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BRENTWOOD SCHOOL CIO

Registered charity 1153605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENTWOOD SCHOOL

The Charity's Objectives are the advancement of education in or near the District of Brentwood by providing day and boarding schooling. The School provides a first class education for pupils aged between 3 and 18 that prepares them for life in the modern world. Every child is treated as an individual and encouraged to combine work in the classroom with a wide range of co-curricular activities.

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Latest income
£43.8m
Latest spending
£40.4m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains a strong financial position with free reserves of £52.6m, which exceed the stated policy target of one year’s gross fee income (£42.5m). Per the trustees' report, the school remains financially secure with a consolidated balance sheet of £128m, allowing for continued investment in facilities and bursaries despite sector challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one year’s gross fee income (held: £52.6m)
“As a target, Governors consider that it is reasonable to set a target of Free Reserves equivalent to at least one year’s gross fee income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brentwood School Fundraising (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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (5,529 followers) · instagram (6,765 followers)

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

Total income
£43.8m
Total spending
£40.4m
Cost of raising funds
£4.5m
Reserves (reported)
£53.6m
Employees
438

Reported reserves equal ~15.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 10.4% 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: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£43.8m£40.4m
31/08/2024£44.9m£39.9m
31/08/2023£42.7m£35.5m
31/08/2022£37.3m£32.1m
31/08/2021£33.6m£28.5m

Common questions

Is BRENTWOOD SCHOOL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains a strong financial position with free reserves of £52.6m, which exceed the stated policy target of one year’s gross fee income (£42.5m). Per the trustees' report, the school remains financially secure with a consolidated balance sheet of £128m, allowing for continued investment in facilities and bursaries despite sector challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. 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
FRANCIS BANCROFT'S TRUST1£650k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£220k
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£124k
SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION1£5k
ROSCA TRUST1£750
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST1£546

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL CIO£43.8m——above—no doubt
HAMPTON SCHOOL FY2025£35.7m——below—no doubt
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY FUND FY2025£414k—0unclear—no doubt
BEACHBOROUGH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.3m——unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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