KEW COLLEGE

Registered charity 286059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEW COLLEGE PREP

Provision of nursery and primary schooling.

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Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£4.2m

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £201,974 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £4,426,441. Although the trustees report that unrestricted funds are represented by functional assets resulting in no free reserves, the charity holds total reserves of £7,845,295 and maintains adequate cover for working capital requirements.

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: £7.8m; policy: annual surplus before depreciation of 10% of income)

“Unrestricted funds of £7,781,816 (2024 £7,582,598) are represented by functional assets used in the furtherance of the School’s objectives and as a result the School has no free reserves.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Two trustees received reimbursement of expenses.

“During the year under review two trustees received £436 for reimbursement of expenses (2024: £220). Four trustees had children at the School. There were no other related party transactions.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£4.2m

Cost of raising funds

£51k

Reserves (reported)

£7.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~22.1 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 (94% 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

Andrea Suzanne Samuelson
Dr Zohya Pavlu
Elias Scafidas
Georgina Bezette
Jonathan Chesworth
Julia Diane Takach
Julian Hunt
KATE MORLAND
Sarah Squire

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.4m	£4.2m
31/08/2024	£4.4m	£4.0m
31/08/2023	£3.9m	£3.8m
31/08/2022	£3.7m	£3.4m
31/08/2021	£3.6m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is KEW COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £201,974 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £4,426,441. Although the trustees report that unrestricted funds are represented by functional assets resulting in no free reserves, the charity holds total reserves of £7,845,295 and maintains adequate cover for working capital requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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 JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£1.0m
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	1	£15k
THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£9k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k
The Parochial Church Council of Godalming Minster	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GATESHEAD JEWISH NURSERY.

THE GATESHEAD JEWISH NURSERY income £1.7m
ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL income £302k
KEREM SCHOOLS income £2.4m
MECHANICS FOR AFRICA income £171k
ST THOMAS A BECKETT NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED income £202k
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KEW COLLEGE	£4.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE GATESHEAD JEWISH NURSERY FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL FY2024	£302k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEREM SCHOOLS FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MECHANICS FOR AFRICA FY2025	£171k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST THOMAS A BECKETT NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£202k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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