MAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 286347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

SCHOOL

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Latest income

£5.4m

Latest spending

£5.4m

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a net surplus of £6,457 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a significantly higher surplus in the prior year driven by a one-off property donation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £4,393,400 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, which the trustees consider sufficient to ensure continuity of activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,000 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: 2025 Number £60,000 - £70,000 - £80,000 - £90,000 1” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: 2025 Number £60,000 - £70,000 - £80,000 - £90,000 1” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between three and six month's expenditure (held: £4.4m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Trust transferred three properties on 22 November 2023 to Mayville High School Limited. In the 2024 year this was treated as a donation from the Trust of £1,650,000. There were also other donations from the Trust of £32,500. The Trust has now been dissolved and there were no further transactions during the year ending 31 August 2025.

“The Trust transferred three properties on 22 November 2023 to Mayville High School Limited. In the 2024 year this was treated as a donation from the Trust of £1,650,000. There were also other donations from the Trust of £32,500. The Trust has now been dissolved and there were no further transactions during the year ending 31 August 2025.” — page 28

“Reverend Anthony Rustell, a trustee of Mayville High School until 3 December 2024, was also a fee paying parent. There was £325 owed by him to the School at 31 August 2025 (2024: £325).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reverend Anthony Rustell, a trustee of Mayville High School until 3 December 2024, was also a fee paying parent. There was £325 owed by him to the School at 31 August 2025 (2024: £325).

“The Trust transferred three properties on 22 November 2023 to Mayville High School Limited. In the 2024 year this was treated as a donation from the Trust of £1,650,000. There were also other donations from the Trust of £32,500. The Trust has now been dissolved and there were no further transactions during the year ending 31 August 2025.” — page 28

“Reverend Anthony Rustell, a trustee of Mayville High School until 3 December 2024, was also a fee paying parent. There was £325 owed by him to the School at 31 August 2025 (2024: £325).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Peter Walsh, a trustee of Mayville High School from 7 January 2026, was also a fee paying parent. There was £3,410 owed by him to the school at 31 August 2025 (2024: Enil).

“The Trust transferred three properties on 22 November 2023 to Mayville High School Limited. In the 2024 year this was treated as a donation from the Trust of £1,650,000. There were also other donations from the Trust of £32,500. The Trust has now been dissolved and there were no further transactions during the year ending 31 August 2025.” — page 28

“Reverend Anthony Rustell, a trustee of Mayville High School until 3 December 2024, was also a fee paying parent. There was £325 owed by him to the School at 31 August 2025 (2024: £325).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2025).
Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2023) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00705392 · Financial health read from its filings

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs S George — Headteacher (source)
Mrs E Morriss — Director of Studies (source)
Ms R Fry — Head of Wyvern House (source)
Mrs N Ramsey — Assistant Head (source)
Mrs L Willett — Assistant 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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

FARROW, Zoe — director, appointed 01/02/2026on trustee list
PAARDEKOOPER, Jonathan Robert Marcellus — director, appointed 15/01/2026on trustee list
WALSH, Peter — director, appointed 07/01/2026on trustee list
LEER, Scott Martin — director, appointed 07/01/2026on trustee list
FAIRLEY, Ian Paul — director, appointed 08/06/2023on trustee list
HOOKWAY, Sarah — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
PORTER, Andrew James — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
RIORDAN, Tanya Marie — director, appointed 05/12/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income

£5.4m

Total spending

£5.4m

Reserves (reported)

£810k

Employees

125

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew James Porter
Ian Paul Fairley
Jonathan Paardekooper
Peter Walsh
Sarah Hookway
Scott Leer
Tanya Riordan
Zoe Farrow

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£5.4m	£5.4m
31/08/2024	£7.0m	£5.4m
31/08/2023	£5.0m	£4.7m
31/08/2022	£4.7m	£4.3m
31/08/2021	£4.9m	£4.5m

Common questions

Is MAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a net surplus of £6,457 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a significantly higher surplus in the prior year driven by a one-off property donation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £4,393,400 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, which the trustees consider sufficient to ensure continuity of activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of MAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,000 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£10k	Cockleshell

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 MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£3.1m
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	1	£1.0m
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£66k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE FARRINGDON HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	1	£4k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£320

Charities like this

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

MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD income £15.4m
MAYHEIGHTS LIMITED income £1.7m
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
SPRING GROVE SCHOOL 2003 income £2.4m
MAYFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRAVESEND income £488k
THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £79.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED	£5.4m	£80,000 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£15.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MAYHEIGHTS LIMITED FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SPRING GROVE SCHOOL 2003 FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MAYFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRAVESEND FY2025	£488k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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