FRIENDS OF RUTHERFORD HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1157236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:1) DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL;2) 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.

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Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a significantly more favourable financial position than when it began, with a net cash inflow of £39,724. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient cash to cover short-term needs and unexpected events, having moved £30,000 into an interest-bearing time deposit. The primary fundraising goal of funding a new IT room is planned for the subsequent financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash to cover short term needs, unexpected events or to support fundraising events (held: £56k)

“The charity balances shorter term funding with longer term projects. This ensures sufficient cash is held to cover any short term needs, unexpected events or to support fundraising events.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Alex Baker
Faye Lyons-White
Lucy Dunbar
Simon Wells
Victoria Gyles

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£90k	£50k
31/08/2024	£22k	£53k
31/08/2023	£54k	£32k
31/08/2022	£49k	£54k
31/08/2021	£13k	£24k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF RUTHERFORD HOUSE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a significantly more favourable financial position than when it began, with a net cash inflow of £39,724. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient cash to cover short-term needs and unexpected events, having moved £30,000 into an interest-bearing time deposit. The primary fundraising goal of funding a new IT room is planned for the subsequent financial year.