Farney Educational Trust

Registered charity 307024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FARNEY CLOSE SCHOOL LTD

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on unrestricted funds of £256,868, increasing total unrestricted funds to £5,729,212. Free reserves were stated at £1,425,232, while the charity noted it needs to maintain reserves to cope with uncertainties over student numbers and funding. The financial review highlights that the most significant financial risk concerns the cost of providing services not being fully matched by income from fees.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sara Hack — Principal (source)
• Raymond Lau — Vice Principal (source)
• James Mills — Head of Education (source)
• Jason Maynard — Head of Residential (source)
• Becky Clements — Head of Behaviour & Attitudes (source)
• Alexia Yang — Business Manager (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wooden Spoon
• ACT Foundation
• The Garfield Weston Foundation
• The Big Lottery Fund
• The Wolfson Foundation
• The Peter Harrison Foundation
• The Openwork Foundation
• Get-Well Gamers
• The Hedley Foundation
• Wellesley Charitable Foundation

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

• Nicola Bartholomewchair
• Alan Smith
• Richard Neil Johnson

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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