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GREBALL

Registered charity 1173440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As per the registered governing document the objects of the CIO are to advance the education of pupils at Great Ballard School, Eartham.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£113k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £62,213 to £43,285 due to a net expenditure of £18,928 against incoming resources of £112,500. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves to be sufficient given the charity’s minimal support and administrative costs. The charity relies entirely on voluntary donations, which fell from £140,000 to £90,000 in the reported year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient for it to be able to respond to applications for grants and ensure that support and governance costs are covered (held: £43k)
“The charity aims to maintain free reserves at a level sufficient for it to be able to respond to applications for grants and ensure that support and governance costs are covered.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Total income
£697k
Total spending
£721k
Reserves (reported)
£50k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£113k£131k
31/08/2024£175k£153k
31/08/2023£444k£453k
31/08/2022£697k£721k
31/08/2021£703k£742k

Common questions

Is GREBALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased from £62,213 to £43,285 due to a net expenditure of £18,928 against incoming resources of £112,500. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves to be sufficient given the charity’s minimal support and administrative costs. The charity relies entirely on voluntary donations, which fell from £140,000 to £90,000 in the reported year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SOIMECH NOIFLIM1£509k
RONTADES LIMITED1£274k
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£58k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREBALL£113k—0within—no doubt
BALLARD SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£7.4m——above—no doubt
GREATGREEN LIMITED FY2025£657k—0unclear—no doubt
GGS SCHOOL FUND FY2025£331k—0unclear—noted
DR CHALLONER'S SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£358k—0within—no doubt
BELMONT-BIRKLANDS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.1m—0below—noted

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