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PENNTHORPE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 307043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENNTHORPE SCHOOL

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Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £185,078 for the year ended 31 August 2023, compared to a net incoming resource in the prior year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting 12 weeks' funding of total expenditure, with uncommitted reserves standing at £3,999,682, although the document notes that fixed assets comprise a significant portion of this total.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 weeks' funding of total expenditure (held: £4.0m)
“The Governing Body has a target of 12 weeks' funding of total expenditure without placing reliance on external funding.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reserves (reported)
£3.8m
Employees
72

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£3.9m£4.2m
31/08/2024£4.0m£3.9m
31/08/2023£3.5m£3.7m
31/08/2022£3.5m£3.4m
31/08/2021£3.4m£3.3m

Common questions

Is PENNTHORPE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £185,078 for the year ended 31 August 2023, compared to a net incoming resource in the prior year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting 12 weeks' funding of total expenditure, with uncommitted reserves standing at £3,999,682, although the document notes that fixed assets comprise a significant portion of this total. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by TC Group.