FAIRLEY HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 281680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Special educational needs school for dyslexic and dyspraxic children aged 6 -13. Unique whole school trans-disciplinary approach integrates education with occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. Charity aims to provide a period of intensive remediation and then return pupils into mainstream education at the earliest opportunity - average stay at the school is seven terms.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net unrestricted expenditure of £175,073 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £8,066,456 to £7,909,373. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,090,616, which the trustees consider adequate to maintain operations, though this is below the stated policy target of three to four months of expenditure. The charity has significant fixed assets including a newly acquired freehold property valued at £3,053,449 net book value, supported by substantial long-term borrowings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by George Hay & Company. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Princess Alexandra visits Fairley House School in Lambeth Road [11 June 2012] london-se1.co.uk · 11/06/2012

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fairley House School (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Marc Broughton — Head (source)
• Alex Benkreira — Deputy Head & SENCo (Junior Dept.) (source)
• Bradley Denton — Interim Deputy Head (Senior Dept.) (source)
• Shantha Appavoo — SENCo (Senior Dept.) (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 (2 freehold); recorded price paid £6.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 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 (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

• PAUL BARNABYchair
• Alexandra Gamon
• Dr Emily McGhee
• Jolyon Luke
• SARAH HAMILTON-FAIRLEY
• Susan Wilcox

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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