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MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 307793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A School Trust for the education of boys and girls aged between 3 - 13 in the Independent Preparatory, Pre-Preparatory and Nursery School.

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Latest income
£4.8m
Latest spending
£5.5m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and became dormant on 31 December 2024 following the transfer of its assets and liabilities to another charitable company. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, and the charity holds no reserves at the period end.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £130,001 - £140,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £130,001 - £140,000 1 -” — page 25
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31st December 2024, the School had no reserves as these were transferred to Marlborough House Vinehall School Ltd upon completion of the transfer agreement.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The Charitable Company has ceased operations following the transfer of trade and assets on 31 December 2024 and at that point became dormant. Therefore the Governers have adopted an alternative basis other than going concern in preparing the Governors' report and accounts.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£4.8m
Total spending
£5.5m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
80

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 (99% 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: 0.0% 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: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£4.8m£5.5m
30/08/2023£3.6m£4.0m
30/08/2022£3.2m£3.6m
31/08/2021£3.3m£3.7m
31/08/2020£3.5m£3.9m

Common questions

Is MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased operations and became dormant on 31 December 2024 following the transfer of its assets and liabilities to another charitable company. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern, and the charity holds no reserves at the period end. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,001 - £140,000 band.

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
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION1£3.0m
THE MARTIN-JENKINS FOUNDATION1£892k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE GREG & ROSIE LOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST1£20k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARLBURIAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL£4.8m£130,001 - £140,000—below—not going concern
THE MARLBURIAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£209k—0below—no doubt
SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION FY2024£3.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MALL SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt

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