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DUMPTON SCHOOL

Registered charity 306222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DUMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

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Latest income
£4.5m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the School reported a net surplus of £4,233 for the year ended 31 July 2023, with total net assets increasing to £7,100,558. The Governors have agreed a target minimum level of cash reserve of £250,000 and consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the School's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £130,001 - £140,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“of 813,547 (2022: 813, 150) were paid for the highest paid employee.” — page 24
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“The number of higher paid employees: The number of higher paid employees: The number of higher paid employees: Pension contributions 260, 000 - f 70, 000 I70,000 - f 80, 000 f 80, 000 - f90,000 of 813,547 (2022: 813, 150) were paid for the highest paid employee.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £250,000 (held: £707k)
“The Governors have agreed a target minimum level of cash reserve of 2750, 000.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Fletcher & Partners. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£4.5m
Total spending
£4.7m
Reserves (reported)
£7.0m
Employees
97

Reported reserves equal ~17.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£4.5m£4.7m
31/07/2024£4.5m£4.4m
31/07/2023£4.2m£4.2m
31/07/2022£3.9m£3.7m
31/07/2021£3.7m£3.8m

Common questions

Is DUMPTON SCHOOL financially healthy?

The accounts state that the School reported a net surplus of £4,233 for the year ended 31 July 2023, with total net assets increasing to £7,100,558. The Governors have agreed a target minimum level of cash reserve of £250,000 and consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the School's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Fletcher & Partners.

What does the highest-paid employee of DUMPTON SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2023 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,001 - £140,000 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.