RYDE SCHOOL

Registered charity 307409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RYDE SCHOOL LIMITED

The provision of education to girls and boys aged 2 through to eighteen

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit before gains on investments of £342k for the year ended 31 August 2025, contrasting with a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £21.4m, with free reserves (adjusted for fixed assets and loans) at £3.5m, which the Governors consider sufficient to meet working capital requirements and manage principal risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

• Ofsted — The Ryde School: NULL (NULL) · Ofsted

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Will Turner — Head Master (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

18 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (15 freehold); recorded price paid £3.4m. 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)

Reported reserves equal ~20.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Tate MA Oxon
• Bimal Sualy
• Catherine Dixon
• Chantal-Aimee Doerries KC
• Dr MICHELLE LEGG
• Fiona Hnatow
• Giles Robert Sheridan Whitefield
• Hamish Nicklin
• Ian McIsaac
• Rosie Wolfenden
• Sam William Branston
• Simon Huw Llewelyn Williams
• Stephen Ross

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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