SANDS SCHOOL

Registered charity 299714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote and provide for the advancement of education through the governance of Sands School in the County of Devon

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Latest income

£936k

Latest spending

£821k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a transmittal letter enclosing the revised accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025. It does not contain financial data, reserves figures, or narrative commentary on the charity's financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£936k

Total spending

£821k

Reserves (reported)

£362k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Esther Daniels
Trudi Browett
diarmid mackenzie mr

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£936k	£821k
31/07/2024	£847k	£989k
31/07/2023	£760k	£755k
31/07/2022	£825k	£804k
31/07/2021	£636k	£699k

Common questions

Is SANDS SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a transmittal letter enclosing the revised accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025. It does not contain financial data, reserves figures, or narrative commentary on the charity's financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£122k
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
CRANLEIGH FOUNDATION	1	£98k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£80k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION	1	£55k
THE MUTLEY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	1	£6k
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRANLEIGH FOUNDATION.

CRANLEIGH FOUNDATION income £469k
CRANLEIGH SCHOOL income £38.0m
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP income £84.0m
WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL INDEPENDENCE APPEALS FUND income £390k
DARTFORD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL FUND income £128k
KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL income £55.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SANDS SCHOOL	£936k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANLEIGH FOUNDATION FY2025	£469k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANLEIGH SCHOOL FY2025	£38.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERBORNE SCHOOLS GROUP FY2025	£84.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL INDEPENDENCE APPEALS FUND FY2025	£390k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTFORD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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