LINGFIELD COLLEGE

Registered charity 295598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINGFIELD NOTRE DAME SCHOOL, NOTRE DAME SCHOOL LINGFIELD

Provision of education

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Latest income

£17.7m

Latest spending

£16.8m

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £18,746,613, with the Trustees maintaining a policy to invest in the School's structure and resources. The Trustees concluded the School is a going concern, citing sufficient cash and funds to meet liabilities as they fall due. Financial projections indicate that while pupil numbers may be lower than the previous year, they remain strong.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Tuition fees (88% of income)

“Total income from charitable activities was £17,374,675 (2024: £16,510,202) of which £15,664,482 (2024: £15,704,157) was derived from tuition fees.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: Invest in structure and maintain/develop resources (held: £18.7m)

“It continues to be the Trustees’ policy to invest in the structure of the School and to maintain, develop and improve its resources as appropriate for the continuing discharge of the School’s academic and pastoral responsibilities.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Lingfield College International Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary company. R Bool & A. Brassett are Directors of the company and are Head Teacher and Head of Finance & Resources, respectively, within Lingfield College. There were no transactions between the two entities during the year.

“Lingfield College International Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary company. R Bool & A. Brassett are Directors of the company and are Head Teacher and Head of Finance & Resources, respectively, within Lingfield College. There were no transactions between the two entities during the year.” — page 24

“Lingfield College Crisis Support Fund is a related charity registered on 15 December 2022, charity number 1201352. At the end of the year, the school owed £3,942 (2024: held £370) on behalf of the Lingfield College Crisis Support Fund.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Lingfield College Crisis Support Fund is a related charity. At the end of the year, the school owed £3,942 on behalf of the fund.

“Lingfield College International Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary company. R Bool & A. Brassett are Directors of the company and are Head Teacher and Head of Finance & Resources, respectively, within Lingfield College. There were no transactions between the two entities during the year.” — page 24

“Lingfield College Crisis Support Fund is a related charity registered on 15 December 2022, charity number 1201352. At the end of the year, the school owed £3,942 (2024: held £370) on behalf of the Lingfield College Crisis Support Fund.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Lingfield College International Limited

“The charity holds 1 share of £1 in its wholly owned subsidiary company Lingfield College International Limited which is incorporated in the United Kingdom.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Richard Bool — Headmaster (source)
Peter Samuels — Chair of Trustees (source)
Julian Greenfield — Chair of Trustees for the Lingfield Foundation (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.

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

Total income

£17.7m

Total spending

£16.8m

Cost of raising funds

£37k

Reserves (reported)

£18.7m

Employees

183

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Claire McNamara
David Sansom
Jackie Steer
Janet Mills
Julian Greenfield · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin McCann
PETER TREVOR SAMUELS
Philip Dodridge
Simon Charles
Stephen Bell

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

Operates in: Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£17.7m	£16.8m
31/08/2024	£16.7m	£16.3m
31/08/2023	£15.2m	£14.8m
31/08/2022	£13.9m	£12.9m
31/08/2021	£12.7m	£11.7m

Common questions

Is LINGFIELD COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £18,746,613, with the Trustees maintaining a policy to invest in the School's structure and resources. The Trustees concluded the School is a going concern, citing sufficient cash and funds to meet liabilities as they fall due. Financial projections indicate that while pupil numbers may be lower than the previous year, they remain strong. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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	£1.1m
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	1	£15k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£9k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

FELSTED SCHOOL income £31.6m
MECHANICS FOR AFRICA income £171k
CHRIST COLLEGE, BRECON income £8.4m
GRESHAM'S SCHOOL income £51.7m
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
YARM SCHOOL income £19.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LINGFIELD COLLEGE	£17.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FELSTED SCHOOL FY2025	£31.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MECHANICS FOR AFRICA FY2025	£171k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST COLLEGE, BRECON FY2025	£8.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRESHAM'S SCHOOL FY2025	£51.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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