THE CLAREMONT FAN COURT FOUNDATION LIMITED
Registered charity 274664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLAREMONT FAN COURT SCHOOL
An independent coeducational school for pupils from 2-19 years offering an education of the highest order.To nurture the individuality and potential of every individual within the educational process and to promote high moral and academic standards and a spiritual ethos. The School supports a broad and forward-looking curriculum in which pupils are encouraged to think independently for themselves.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a total surplus of £2,719k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income rising to £26,717k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £45,205k, though free reserves were reported as a deficit of £1,388k when excluding designated fixed assets. The trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £45.2m; policy: sufficient cash reserves for emergency purposes)
“Free reserves at 31 August 2025 were £1,388k (2024: £2,116k deficit).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Claremont Fan Court Enterprises Limited
“The charity has one wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary, Claremont Fan Court Enterprises Limited, whose annual profits are donated to the charity under the gift aid scheme.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Claremont Fan Court School (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- William Brierly — Head (source)
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)
5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £4.0m. 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)
Cost of raising funds
£134k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Halls OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Angela Kelly
- Ceri Windsor Jones
- Chris Paget
- Dr Julian Braybrook
- Gabrielle Heyns
- Graham Papenfus
- Helen Clare Rider
- Keith Piggott
- Pamela McIntyre
- Roger Martin
- Steve John Menzies
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE CLAREMONT FAN COURT FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total surplus of £2,719k for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income rising to £26,717k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £45,205k, though free reserves were reported as a deficit of £1,388k when excluding designated fixed assets. The trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds THE CLAREMONT FAN COURT FOUNDATION LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CLAREMONT FAN COURT FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.
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