KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 280626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSHOTT SCHOOL

The school is an educational charity for children, which benefits the public byproviding a first class education, independent of the state system. Social skills feature strongly in the school's culture. We offer an environment where each pupil can develop and fulfill his or her potential, in order to help build self confidence and a desire to contribute to the wider community.

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Latest income

£4.9m

Latest spending

£4.6m

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £276,298 for the year ended 31 August 2024, with strong cash flow and no unrestricted reserves remaining at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the school's activities, assets, and liabilities were transferred to Mill Hill School Foundation Limited on 17 May 2024, resulting in the school becoming dormant and the financial statements being prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Following the transfer of activities, assets and liabilities to Mill Hill School Foundation Limited there were no reserves at the year end.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“On 17 May 2024 the operations, assets and liabilities of Kingshott School Trust Limited were transferred to The Mill Hill School Foundation. The charity’s financial statements are therefore prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£4.9m

Total spending

£4.6m

Cost of raising funds

£61k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Clare Waller
Harriet Marsh
IAN CHAMBERS
James Bentall
Lara Pechard
Richard Midgley
Samantha Selkirk
Simon Nathan · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	—	—
31/08/2024	£4.9m	£4.6m
31/08/2023	£5.7m	£5.7m
31/08/2022	£5.4m	£5.4m
31/08/2021	£4.9m	£4.6m

Common questions

Is KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £276,298 for the year ended 31 August 2024, with strong cash flow and no unrestricted reserves remaining at year-end. Per the trustees' report, the school's activities, assets, and liabilities were transferred to Mill Hill School Foundation Limited on 17 May 2024, resulting in the school becoming dormant and the financial statements being prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k

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
THE REECE FOUNDATION	1	£90k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD.

KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD income £247k
THE NORTHUMBRIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD income £2.9m
BELMONT-BIRKLANDS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £2.1m
ST DAVID'S COLLEGE TRUST income £7.0m
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL income £2.7m
THE KING'S SCHOOL WORCESTER income £20.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED	£4.9m	—	—	below	—	not going concern
KINGSMEAD SCHOOL HOYLAKE TRUST LTD FY2025	£247k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORTHUMBRIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	below	—	not going concern
BELMONT-BIRKLANDS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	below	—	noted
ST DAVID'S COLLEGE TRUST FY2025	£7.0m	—	—	above	—	noted
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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