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THE DITCHAM PARK SCHOOL CHARITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 285244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DITCHAM PARK SCHOOL, DITCHAM PARK SCHOOL CHARITY ASSOCIATION

Independent day school for children aged 4 to 16 years.

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Latest income
£6.7m
Latest spending
£6.9m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £180,676 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, the school maintains £500,000 in general funds to cover immediate operational expenses and intends to continue building reserves to fund its ten-year development plan.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“One employee earned between £90,000 and £100,000 per annum” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Fee income (84% of income)
“The principal source of income is fees, accounting for 84% of the income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient size to ensure the uninterrupted running of the School (held: £500k)
“Currently the School retains the sum of £500,000 in general funds to cover its immediate operational expenses; this amount is regularly assessed against forecast income and expenses for its suitability.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Governor-owned business
“£3,953 was spent purchasing trophies and services from a business owned by a Governor.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by James Todd & Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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
£6.7m
Total spending
£6.9m
Cost of raising funds
£78k
Reserves (reported)
£9.1m
Employees
82

Reported reserves equal ~15.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£6.7m£6.9m
31/08/2024£6.2m£5.7m
31/08/2023£5.6m£5.2m
31/08/2022£5.1m£4.9m
31/08/2021£4.8m£4.6m

Common questions

Is THE DITCHAM PARK SCHOOL CHARITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £180,676 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, the school maintains £500,000 in general funds to cover immediate operational expenses and intends to continue building reserves to fund its ten-year development plan. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by James Todd & Co Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE DITCHAM PARK SCHOOL CHARITY ASSOCIATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 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
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£559k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DHS Educational Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DITCHAM PARK SCHOOL CHARITY ASSOCIATION£6.7m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
DHS Educational Foundation FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL) FY2025£2.3m£100,001 - £110,000—below—noted
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025£7.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED FY2025£5.8m——unclear—no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FY2025£26.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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