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THE NEW SCHOOL

Registered charity 1191796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An independent, non fee-paying progressive school for 4-16 year olds in South London.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £53,109 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,824,128 primarily derived from donations. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £352,191, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding at least one month’s expenditure of staff and rental costs (£94,500). The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% of income)
“The principal source of income comes from donations accounting for 82.46% of the School’s income.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least one month’s expenditure of staff costs and rental costs (£94,500) (held: £352k)
“The Trustees policy is to hold at least one month’s expenditure of staff costs and rental costs (£94,500).” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation income of £Nil (2024: £4,000) was received from M. Norbury, the Chair of Trustees.
“Donation income of £Nil (2024: £4,000) was received from M. Norbury, the Chair of Trustees.” — page 28
“Donation income of £15,000 (2024: £5,220) was received from other related parties.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation income of £15,000 (2024: £5,220) was received from other related parties.
“Donation income of £Nil (2024: £4,000) was received from M. Norbury, the Chair of Trustees.” — page 28
“Donation income of £15,000 (2024: £5,220) was received from other related parties.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Affinia (Orpington). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The New School (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£337k
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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).

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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£1.8m£1.8m
31/08/2024£1.6m£1.5m
31/08/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/08/2022£1.1m£1.1m
31/08/2021£344k£244k

Common questions

Is THE NEW SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £53,109 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,824,128 primarily derived from donations. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £352,191, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding at least one month’s expenditure of staff and rental costs (£94,500). The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia (Orpington).

Who funds THE NEW SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NEW SCHOOL as a grant recipient include MAKE MY DAY BETTER LIMITED, THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUST, BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MAKE MY DAY BETTER LIMITEDFY2025£1.2mEducation UK
MAKE MY DAY BETTER LIMITEDFY2022£850kEducation
MAKE MY DAY BETTER LIMITEDFY2024£463kEducation UK
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£256k
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£147k
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£17k
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k

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
CITY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND1£3.6m
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD1£66k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NEW SCHOOL£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
NEWELLS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.0m——below—no doubt
THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
NEWLAND HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.7m——unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE SCHOOL FOR BOYS FY2025£5.7m——below—material uncertainty
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt

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