Henley Acorns Education

Registered charity 309648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUPERT HOUSE SCHOOL, RUPERT HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

Grant-giving charity supporting education initiatives Henley-on-Thames and the surrounding areas

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND IF THOUGHT FIT FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £2,789,554, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet its charitable obligations. Following the sale of its school operations, the charity's primary activity has shifted to investing proceeds, resulting in a net surplus of £26,108 for the year. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern with adequate cash balances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Robert Lowechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Little
• Hermione Lake
• Jonathan Michael Phillips
• Nicholas Potter
• Paul Edward Falinski

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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