FRIENDS OF THOMSON HOUSE

Registered charity 1154514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Main activities include: encouraging parents to be involved in their children's education; fundraising to provide goods and services to support the school and advance the education of the pupils; help to maintain healthy school status;social events for parents and/or pupils to build and/or maintain the school community; maintaining the school's links with the local or an extended community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL;ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £47,800 at the end of the financial year, down from £52,308 in the previous period. Total income of £41,138 was generated entirely from fundraising activities, while total expenditure amounted to £45,646. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no material matters requiring disclosure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Margery Chenery
Gemma Bernadette Collins
Kathleen Anne Todd
Sarah Carter

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£41k	£46k
31/12/2024	£56k	£23k
31/12/2023	£35k	£29k
31/12/2022	£30k	£32k
31/12/2021	£25k	£37k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF THOMSON HOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £47,800 at the end of the financial year, down from £52,308 in the previous period. Total income of £41,138 was generated entirely from fundraising activities, while total expenditure amounted to £45,646. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no material matters requiring disclosure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF THAMES DITTON JUNIOR SCHOOL.

THE FRIENDS OF THAMES DITTON JUNIOR SCHOOL income £62k
FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S SCHOOL OXTED income £44k
FRIENDS OF HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL income £56k
THE FRIENDS OF THAMES DITTON INFANT SCHOOL income £32k
FRIENDS OF HERBERT THOMPSON income £34k
FRIENDS OF ST PETER'S SCHOOL, HAMMERSMITH income £80k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF THOMSON HOUSE	£41k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THAMES DITTON JUNIOR SCHOOL FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S SCHOOL OXTED FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL FY2025	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THAMES DITTON INFANT SCHOOL FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF HERBERT THOMPSON FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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