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DEESIDE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 273586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBEY GATE COLLEGE

Private school for children 4 to 18

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Latest income
£7.8m
Latest spending
£7.7m
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £149,236 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £6,568,462. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining positive free reserves of £977,130.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £200,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £100,001 - £200,000 1” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: Invest surplus in infrastructure improvements (held: £977k)
“The Board policy is to invest all surplus financial resources in improvements to the infrastructure of the College” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fee discounts awarded to children/grandchildren of directors on same basis as other parents.
“During the year six children of three Directors and two grandchildren of one other director (2024: Eight family relatives of four Directors) attended the college. Fee discounts are awarded on the same basis as available to other parents.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 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.

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

Total income
£7.8m
Total spending
£7.7m
Reserves (reported)
£6.6m
Employees
111

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.8m£7.7m
31/08/2024£7.7m£7.6m
31/08/2023£7.4m£7.2m
31/08/2022£6.7m£6.6m
31/08/2021£6.4m£6.0m

Common questions

Is DEESIDE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £149,236 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £6,568,462. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining positive free reserves of £977,130. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WR Partners.

What does the highest-paid employee of DEESIDE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £200,000 band.

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 MILLENNIUM TRUST1£2.5m
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation1£750k
SF FOUNDATION1£450k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£200k
THE CHEAM FOUNDATION1£172k
LONIA LIMITED1£85k
GIVE US A CHANCE1£75k
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION1£17k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEESIDE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£7.8m£100,001 - £200,000—above—no doubt
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
DAIR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED FY2025£5.8m——unclear—no doubt
CHEAM SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£9.0m£100,000 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt

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