LEIGHTON PARK TRUST

Registered charity 309144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEIGHTON PARK SCHOOL, LEIGHTON PARK SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP AND PRIZE FUND

Independent School

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Latest income

£19.3m

Latest spending

£19.0m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £356,998 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total net assets of £20,911,953. The Trustees report negative free reserves, noting that surpluses are reinvested into fixed assets, but confirm the school has adequate working capital supported by fees and bank facilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' annual expenditure

“The Trustees' policy is to hold free reserves equivalent to three months’ annual expenditure. Budget annual expenditure for 2025/26 is £16.4m and hence the policy would require free reserves of £4.1m.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income

£19.3m

Total spending

£19.0m

Cost of raising funds

£470k

Reserves (reported)

£19.7m

Employees

210

Reported reserves equal ~12.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Edwina Mary Ellen Dean-Lewischair
Alexander Hitchens
Bruce Johnson
Christopher Houston · trustee of 1 other charity
Gwenan Jane Sykes
Juliet Anne Smith
Leon Spence
Marion Mitchell
Matthew James Winkless
Naomi Margaret Iliff · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas Wood
Pamela Anne Carragher
Robert James Gazet

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£19.3m	£19.0m
31/08/2024	£18.1m	£17.9m
31/08/2023	£18.2m	£16.6m
31/08/2022	£18.0m	£15.2m
31/08/2021	£14.1m	£14.1m

Common questions

Is LEIGHTON PARK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £356,998 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total net assets of £20,911,953. The Trustees report negative free reserves, noting that surpluses are reinvested into fixed assets, but confirm the school has adequate working capital supported by fees and bank facilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds LEIGHTON PARK TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEIGHTON PARK TRUST as a grant recipient include THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION).

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2024	£30k	Education
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2022	£25k	Education
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	FY2021	£25k	Repeat grant
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2022	£18k	Donations
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2025	£15k	Donations
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2024	£10k	Donations
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)	FY2023	£5k	Donations

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£556k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	1	£9k
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
CHK Foundation	1	£0

Charities like this

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

LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £7.2m
LOCKERS PARK SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.5m
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST income £235.7m
PRIOR PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £21.7m
PREP SCHOOLS TRUST income £30.6m
FINTON HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEIGHTON PARK TRUST	£19.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£7.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
LOCKERS PARK SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£4.5m	£90,001 - £100,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt
LEICESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£235.7m	£190,001 - £200,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRIOR PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£21.7m	£170,001 - £180,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PREP SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025	£30.6m	—	15	below	—	not going concern

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