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THE ORMISTON TRUST

Registered charity 1164358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ormiston Trust supports children and their families by way of grants to Ormiston organisations and the sponsorship of Multi Academy Trusts. Four core values underpin our work: Nurture; Empower; Innovate; and Impact.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£436.9m
Latest spending
£375.6m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a surplus of £58 million for the year, driven by capital funding and academy transfers, with total funds reaching £709.3 million. The trustees consider the overall financial performance satisfactory and confirm that the group has sufficient working capital and reserves to support its charitable objectives and foreseeable commitments. The group remains financially sustainable as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 563
“563 (2024: 425) employees earned more than £60,000 per annum” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £800,000 (held: £20.1m)
“The level of these reserves should not, other than in exceptional circumstances, drop below £800,000, which would be regarded as a contingency reserve.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

BIRMINGHAM ORMISTON ACADEMY THEATRE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Note 3 discloses an 'Inter Company Charge' of £226,000 in the prior year (2024), which is included in the total turnover of £440,000. No such charge is listed for the current year (2025) as the company was dormant.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold); recorded price paid £18.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£436.9m
Total spending
£375.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£20.1m
Employees
6,196

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£436.9m£375.6m
31/08/2024£339.0m£342.7m
31/08/2023£338.9m£323.7m
31/08/2022£339.1m£301.9m
31/08/2021£258.9m£268.1m

Common questions

Is THE ORMISTON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a surplus of £58 million for the year, driven by capital funding and academy transfers, with total funds reaching £709.3 million. The trustees consider the overall financial performance satisfactory and confirm that the group has sufficient working capital and reserves to support its charitable objectives and foreseeable commitments. The group remains financially sustainable as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit 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 WORLD FEDERATION OF KHOJA SHIA ITHNA-ASHERI MUSLIM COMMUNITIES1£671k
TWO HANDS CHARITABLE TRUST1£252k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST1£150k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
THE EVELYN TRUST1£90k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£59k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST1£38k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION1£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORMISTON FAMILIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ORMISTON TRUST£436.9m—563unclear—no doubt
ORMISTON FAMILIES FY2025£7.7m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt
ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.8m—0above—no doubt
OSMANI TRUST FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
ORT UK FOUNDATION FY2024£848k——unclear—no doubt
THE OPEN SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£1.6m——below—no doubt

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