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UPTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 309095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, advance and carry out the education of children

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Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £432,194 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to legislative changes including VAT on school fees. While unrestricted reserves fell to £3,155,048, the trustees confirm the school remains financially viable and prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income)
“Charitable activities 5 4,245,620” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3.2m; policy: twelve weeks or one school term's expenditure (approx. £1,400,000 excluding depreciation))
“The free reserves do not meet the target reserves policy as at the balance sheet date.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: T Powell received remuneration of £22,906 for Site Manager role while being a member.
“During the year the Site Manager, T Powell, became a member to the School on 19 November 2024. As such, during this period they received remuneration of of £22,906 (2024: £Nil) for their Site Manager role whilst also being a member to the School.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Services from company controlled by spouse of senior management member
“During the year, the School purchased digital marketing, digital curriculum support and IT strategy services from companies controlled by Mr M Thornton, the spouse of a member of the senior management team. Total payments in the year amounted to £98,152.” — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Upton House School (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£4.7m
Reserves (reported)
£3.1m
Employees
70

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median 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: Slough · Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.3m£4.7m
31/08/2024£4.5m£4.4m
31/08/2023£4.3m£4.2m
31/08/2022£3.8m£3.7m
31/08/2021£3.2m£3.4m

Common questions

Is UPTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £432,194 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to legislative changes including VAT on school fees. While unrestricted reserves fell to £3,155,048, the trustees confirm the school remains financially viable and prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,001 - £140,000 band.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FINTON HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UPTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED£4.3m£130,001 - £140,000—below—no doubt
FINTON HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£8.0m——above—no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
HOLLAND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
FELTONFLEET SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.1m——within—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.