NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 309905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are:-pay a yearly sum to the Borough Council and the County Council to be applied towards the maintenance of the school. The residue of net yearly income of the Foundation is used for:-The provision of items, services and facilities for the school; and Promoting the education of beneficiaries by the award of prizes, scholarships, bursaries or maintenance allowances.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£395k

Latest spending

£500k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of expenditure over income of £105,016 for the year, driven by increased grants paid and clerk fees. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves are held at £566,719, which is below the stated policy target of approximately six months of estimated unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains significant endowment and restricted funds, with total net assets of £13,943,472.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months estimated unrestricted expenditure inclusive of annual loan repayments to capital (held: £567k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds that are the free reserves of the charity at a level that equates to not less than approximately 6 months estimated unrestricted expenditure inclusive of annual loan repayments to capital.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income

£674k

Total spending

£411k

Cost of raising funds

£60k

Reserves (reported)

£734k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~21.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (51% 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: 8.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

GEOFFREY THOMAS MOSSchair
ANDREW COCKERILL
Alan Hakes
Joseph Anthony Lavelle
Oliver Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL MAYNARD
Richard Bernard · trustee of 1 other charity
Tom Bason

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£395k	£500k
31/03/2024	£402k	£413k
31/03/2023	£382k	£858k
31/03/2022	£674k	£411k
31/03/2021	£349k	£350k

Common questions

Is NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of expenditure over income of £105,016 for the year, driven by increased grants paid and clerk fees. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves are held at £566,719, which is below the stated policy target of approximately six months of estimated unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains significant endowment and restricted funds, with total net assets of £13,943,472. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHARITY TRUST LIMITED.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHARITY TRUST LIMITED income £4.3m
THE CLITHEROE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £209k
BECKETT'S AND SARGEANT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £284k
PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £4.0m
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £514k
THE WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION	£395k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHARITY TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£4.3m	—	—	above	—	material uncertainty
THE CLITHEROE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£209k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BECKETT'S AND SARGEANT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£284k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£514k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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