THE SOUTHOVER PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1175243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOUTHOVER FOUNDATION

The Southover Partnership provides education for children on the autistic spectrum and those with social, emotional and mental health needs. We are a special school for secondary aged pupils, an outreach service that provides support in school for children from 4-19 who have special needs and a home tuition service for children who are unable to attend their own school because of complex needs.

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Latest income
£4.1m
Latest spending
£3.9m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £243k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1.39m. The trustees confirm that reserves remain within their stated policy target of three months of expenditure, and the auditor found no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“The charity’s reserves policy is to maintain unrestricted funds equivalent to three months of expenditure.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Prior year transaction
“In the prior financial year, the charity used the services of a company linked to a previous employee's husband. Transactions for electrical work totalled £12,736.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Warner Wilde Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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
£4.1m
Total spending
£3.9m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
89

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Enfield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.1m£3.9m
31/08/2024£3.9m£3.4m
31/08/2023£3.4m£3.3m
31/08/2022£3.2m£2.9m
31/08/2021£2.8m£2.9m

Common questions

Is THE SOUTHOVER PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £243k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1.39m. The trustees confirm that reserves remain within their stated policy target of three months of expenditure, and the auditor found no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Warner Wilde Limited.

Who funds THE SOUTHOVER PARTNERSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SOUTHOVER PARTNERSHIP as a grant recipient include BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2022£0

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHSIDE PARTNERSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SOUTHOVER PARTNERSHIP£4.1m——within—no doubt
SOUTHSIDE PARTNERSHIP FY2025£19.4m——above—no doubt
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
SOUTH WHITEHAVEN YOUTH PARTNERSHIP FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
STOVER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025£8.8m——above—no doubt

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