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CLAYESMORE SCHOOL

Registered charity 306214 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects are the advancement of education including the provision of boarding and day schooling for children of both sexes from the ages of rising 3 to 18

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Latest income
£14.8m
Latest spending
£15.5m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Clayesmore School ceased to trade and transferred its assets and liabilities to the Inspired Learning Group on 8 September 2025, resulting in financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. The charity reported a net deficit of £4,945 for the year, following an unrealised investment gain of £694,512. The remaining funds of £114,242 are designated for future pupil support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £114k; policy: invest any surplus generated from the running of the School in developing the buildings, equipment and resources of the School)
“The School’s policy is to invest any surplus generated from the running of the School in developing the buildings, equipment and resources of the School.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“As the charity ceased to trade on 8 September 2025 the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Leadership, per the charity’s website

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 08/09/2025)

Total income
£14.8m
Total spending
£15.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
228

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
08/09/2025£14.8m£15.5m
31/08/2024£14.5m£15.4m
31/08/2023£14.3m£14.2m
31/08/2022£14.6m£14.2m
31/08/2021£13.1m£13.0m

Common questions

Is CLAYESMORE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Clayesmore School ceased to trade and transferred its assets and liabilities to the Inspired Learning Group on 8 September 2025, resulting in financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. The charity reported a net deficit of £4,945 for the year, following an unrealised investment gain of £694,512. The remaining funds of £114,242 are designated for future pupil support. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fawcetts LLP.

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
CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST1£82k
BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£65k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION1£63k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATEWAYS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLAYESMORE SCHOOL£14.8m——below—not going concern
GATEWAYS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.7m——unclear—no doubt
CLIFTON COLLEGE FY2024£43.0m——below—no doubt
THE READ SCHOOL, DRAX FY2025£4.1m——unclear—no doubt
CRANSLEY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.2m——below—noted
GLEBE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LTD FY2025£2.5m——below—material uncertainty

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