DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 307325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL

The Charity provides a high standard of all-round education for children aged 2 to 13

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Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£4.0m

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £74,636, resulting in unrestricted funds of £2,144,567. However, the free reserves excluding fixed assets and related liabilities are reported as negative £435,637, a position the trustees attribute to the impact of financing costs and investment in previously rented buildings following the acquisition of the freehold estate. The trustees have instructed the sale of the Lodge property to address this negative free reserve position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“One employee’s emoluments were within the range of £90,000 - £100,000 and one employee’s emoluments were within the range of £60,000 - £70,000” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“One employee’s emoluments were within the range of £90,000 - £100,000 and one employee’s emoluments were within the range of £60,000 - £70,000” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: School fees (86% of income)

“Net school fees amounting to £3,507,768 represented 85.6% of total income” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £2.0m

“This actuarial valuation was certified on 27 June 2024 and showed assets of £86.2m, liabilities of £88.2m and a deficit of £2.0m.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2024) to £90,001 - £100,000 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£4.0m

Cost of raising funds

£130k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

112

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHANDRA CLIVE ASHFIELDchair
COLIN GEOFFREY LEWIS
Lindsey Otten Mrs
NICOLA JAMES
PAUL ANTHONY ETHERIDGE
Peter Hardy
Robert Wilsher

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.1m	£4.0m
31/08/2024	£3.7m	£3.7m
31/08/2023	£3.1m	£3.3m
31/08/2022	£2.8m	£3.0m
31/08/2021	£3.1m	£3.0m

Common questions

Is DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £74,636, resulting in unrestricted funds of £2,144,567. However, the free reserves excluding fixed assets and related liabilities are reported as negative £435,637, a position the trustees attribute to the impact of financing costs and investment in previously rented buildings following the acquisition of the freehold estate. The trustees have instructed the sale of the Lodge property to address this negative free reserve position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£320

Charities like this

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

BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £4.0m
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £6.9m
SPRATTON HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.2m
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DURLSTON COURT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED	£4.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	above	—	no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SPRATTON HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.2m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	below	—	no doubt

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