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DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 294670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a day school for boys aged from 4 to 13 years.

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Latest income
£6.9m
Latest spending
£7.1m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £87,851 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to pupil numbers being below budget and the impact of VAT on school fees. Free reserves stood at £569,000, with the majority of total reserves (£12.2 million) deployed in tangible fixed assets. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: continue to build reserves out of annual operating surpluses (held: £569k)
“The policy is therefore to continue to build reserves out of annual operating surpluses.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 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
£6.9m
Total spending
£7.1m
Reserves (reported)
£569k
Employees
85

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 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 (97% 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).

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

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£6.9m£7.1m
31/08/2024£7.4m£7.4m
31/08/2023£6.8m£7.4m
31/08/2022£11.1m£6.5m
31/08/2021£5.6m£5.5m

Common questions

Is DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £87,851 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to pupil numbers being below budget and the impact of VAT on school fees. Free reserves stood at £569,000, with the majority of total reserves (£12.2 million) deployed in tangible fixed assets. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL) FY2025£2.3m£100,001 - £110,000—below—noted
VITA ET PAX SCHOOL (COCKFOSTERS) LIMITED FY2025£972k—0below—no doubt
THE DOWNS SCHOOL (CHARLTON HOUSE) LIMITED FY2025£5.8m——unclear—no doubt
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.1m£90,001 - £100,0002above—no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025£7.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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