Dulwich Prep & Senior

Registered charity 1174356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DULWICH PREP LONDON

The objects of the charitable company are the advancement of education by the provision and conduct of a school for boys and girls in Dulwich and by ancillary or incidental educational activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.

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Latest income

£18.4m

Latest spending

£18.2m

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £212,382 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £3,024,130, which the trustees confirmed was sufficient to cover two months of day-to-day running costs. The charity maintains a policy of keeping reserves at least one month of expenditure, a target it currently exceeds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one month's expenditure (held: £3.0m)

“The Governors aim to maintain a positive level of reserves and for the unrestricted reserves, excluding the pension reserve, to be maintained at the approximate level of at least one month's expenditure to meet the day to day running costs of the School including the costs associated with the maintenance of its buildings.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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

£18.4m

Total spending

£18.2m

Cost of raising funds

£16k

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

214

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — below the median 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jean Lovettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Frank Crow
Antonia Geldeard
Dr Charles Benjamin Richard Fairhurst
Huw George Carvil Humphreys · trustee of 2 other charities
Jervis Rhodes
Nicholas Rupert Martel
Rebecca Lois Stirling
Stefan James Hargreaves
Stephen John Smith

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£18.4m	£18.2m
31/08/2024	£17.6m	£18.1m
31/08/2023	£16.9m	£16.6m
31/08/2022	£16.0m	£16.1m
31/08/2021	£14.4m	£13.9m

Common questions

Is Dulwich Prep & Senior financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £212,382 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £3,024,130, which the trustees confirmed was sufficient to cover two months of day-to-day running costs. The charity maintains a policy of keeping reserves at least one month of expenditure, a target it currently exceeds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BC Partners Foundation	1	£268k
THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£46k
THE TIMOTHY FRANEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£14k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ACTUARIES CHARITY	1	£12k
QUADSTAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE DULWICH SCHOOL CRANBROOK income £8.3m
DULWICH COLLEGE income £59.4m
PARKSIDE SCHOOL TRUST income £4.5m
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL income £2.7m
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED income £5.5m
SEVENOAKS PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Dulwich Prep & Senior	£18.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DULWICH SCHOOL CRANBROOK FY2025	£8.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DULWICH COLLEGE FY2025	£59.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKSIDE SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£4.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL (HAMPSTEAD) LIMITED FY2025	£5.5m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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