GILLINGHAM SCHOOL

Registered charity 306212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING OR ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS, GRANTS AND SCOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND PROMOTING EDUCATION

Objects

A DAY OF BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS OR GIRLS.

Area of benefit: DORSET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£336k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant net assets of £826,472, comprising unrestricted funds of £58,897 and endowment funds of £757,482. The trustees report that the capital of the endowments is restricted, meaning only the income generated can be spent on the Foundation's objectives. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Act.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and Gift Aid (61% of income)
“Donations and Gift Aid 50,000” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£336k£336k
05/04/2024£60k£52k
05/04/2023£57k£42k
05/04/2022£282k£282k
05/04/2021£21k£17k

Common questions

Is GILLINGHAM SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant net assets of £826,472, comprising unrestricted funds of £58,897 and endowment funds of £757,482. The trustees report that the capital of the endowments is restricted, meaning only the income generated can be spent on the Foundation's objectives. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Act. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/07/2025£16kSchool Games Organiser - 267
Sport England15/04/2025£8kSchool Games Organiser - 267
Sport England03/06/2024£24kSchool Games Organiser - 267
Sport England07/09/2023£16kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England14/03/2023£8kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England26/07/2022£15kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England22/03/2022£9kSchool Games Organiser
Sport England19/03/2015£10kGillingham School Cycling Initiative

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.1m
BACON FOUNDATION LTD1£1.0m
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£58k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GILLINGHAM SCHOOL£336k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM FY2025£397k—0below—no doubt
THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION FY2025£525k—0unclear—no doubt
GILLIGATE CHURCH ESTATE CHARITY FY2025£108k£8,0000unclear—no doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£11.6m——unclear—no doubt
GGS SCHOOL FUND FY2025£331k—0unclear—noted

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