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ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 309101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity principally provides all-round education to girls and boys aged 3 to 13. The charity is committed to an education which develops the academic, physical, artistic, social and spiritual potential in all its pupils.

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Latest income
£7.4m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £825,624 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £7,353,746 against total expenditure of £6,533,567. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a liquid reserve policy to cover unexpected expenditure and fund building maintenance, with total funds at year-end amounting to £7,811,463. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The maintenance of a liquid reserve to provide cover for unexpected but unavoidable items of expenditure which cannot be funded from current income. (held: £7.8m)
“The maintenance of a liquid reserve to provide cover for unexpected but unavoidable items of expenditure which cannot be funded from current income.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Governors and senior management have children/grandchildren who are pupils; transactions are at arms length.
“There are governors and members of the senior management team who are associated with the School by either having grand children or children who are pupils at the School. All transactions are at arms length and in the normal course of business. There are no further related party disclosure that require disclosure.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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.

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

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

Total income
£7.4m
Total spending
£6.5m
Cost of raising funds
£70k
Reserves (reported)
£7.8m
Employees
104

Reported reserves equal ~14.3 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 (93% 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: 1.0% 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: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7.4m£6.5m
31/08/2024£6.5m£5.9m
31/08/2023£5.5m£5.4m
31/08/2022£4.9m£4.8m
31/08/2021£4.1m£4.4m

Common questions

Is ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £825,624 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £7,353,746 against total expenditure of £6,533,567. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a liquid reserve policy to cover unexpected expenditure and fund building maintenance, with total funds at year-end amounting to £7,811,463. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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 ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION1—
HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S CHARITY1£500k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£320

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ELSTREE SCHOOL LIMITED£7.4m——unclear—no doubt
Haberdashers' Elstree Schools Foundation FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
HIGHCLARE SCHOOL FY2025£8.0m£100,001 - £110,0005unclear—no doubt
PALMERS GREEN HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£3.7m——unclear—not going concern
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——unclear—no doubt

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