WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD.

Registered charity 307330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORDLE WALHAMPTON SCHOOL, HORDLE WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED, WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

Walhampton is a co-educational boarding and day school for pupils between the ages of 2 and 13 situated in Lymington, on the edge of The New Forest. The school's aim is to cultivate the intellectual, cultural, spiritual, social and physical faculties of our pupils, empowering each child to achieve his or her optimum potential.

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Latest income
£6.4m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £108,470 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus, which was attributed to the introduction of VAT on school fees. Per the trustees' report, the school maintains a positive overall reserve position including tangible fixed assets, although it reports a deficit in free reserves of £54,652. The trustees believe the school is able to operate with this deficit provided forecast cash flows remain sufficient to meet anticipated requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (88% of income)
“Fee income accounted for 88.1% of total School income (2024: 89.0%) which was £6,325,710” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: positive free reserves balance (held: £6.5m)
“The Governors believe it desirable over the longer term that the School should move towards a positive free reserves balance through the retention of operating surpluses, where to do so is consistent with the needs of the School and with the Strategic Development Plan.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hopper Williams & Bell Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Walhampton Parents' Association (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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
£6.4m
Total spending
£6.5m
Cost of raising funds
£90k
Reserves (reported)
£6.5m
Employees
142

Reported reserves equal ~12.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£6.4m£6.5m
31/08/2024£6.6m£6.3m
31/08/2023£6.1m£6.0m
31/08/2022£5.8m£5.8m
31/08/2021£5.5m£5.4m

Common questions

Is WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £108,470 for the year ended 31 August 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus, which was attributed to the introduction of VAT on school fees. Per the trustees' report, the school maintains a positive overall reserve position including tangible fixed assets, although it reports a deficit in free reserves of £54,652. The trustees believe the school is able to operate with this deficit provided forecast cash flows remain sufficient to meet anticipated requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hopper Williams & Bell Limited.

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
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£58k
THE GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£7k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD.£6.4m——unclear—no doubt
HAMPTON SCHOOL FY2025£35.7m——below—no doubt
WALTHAMSTOW HALL FY2025£11.5m——above—no doubt
RINGWOOD WALDORF SCHOOL FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FITZWYGRAM FOUNDATION FY2025£803k—0unclear—no doubt
WILLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£3.9m——below—no doubt

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