SUNNYLANDS LIMITED

Registered charity 309914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PETER'S SCHOOL

Independent day school serving Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and surrounding areas for the independent education of children from 2 years and 9 months old to 11 years old.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,000,831, with undesignated reserves of £52,810 held for working capital. The governors consider the financial position satisfactory and anticipate generating sufficient reserves through annual operating surpluses to maintain the school. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis 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: unclear (held: £1.0m)
“The Governors anticipate that the School will continue to generate sufficient reserves by means of annual operating surpluses to generate resources for the maintenance and development of the School, and that undesignated reserves are sufficient to give adequate levels of working capital to cover unexpected emergencies.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets. Discloses 5 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.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£947k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~9.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.4% 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: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.3m£1.2m
31/08/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/08/2023£1.0m£1.1m
31/08/2022£992k£913k
31/08/2021£886k£885k

Common questions

Is SUNNYLANDS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,000,831, with undesignated reserves of £52,810 held for working capital. The governors consider the financial position satisfactory and anticipate generating sufficient reserves through annual operating surpluses to maintain the school. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets.

Who funds SUNNYLANDS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUNNYLANDS LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE HINCHINGBROOKE FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT PETER FARNBOROUGH.

Known funders

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

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
ASCOT ROUND TABLE NO 9291£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNFIELD CHILDREN'S HOMES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUNNYLANDS LIMITED£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SUNFIELD CHILDREN'S HOMES LIMITED FY2025£14.8m——unclear—no doubt
SUNNY DAYS NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£241k—0unclear—noted
SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL CIO FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
SUNNINGDALE PLAYGROUP FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
SUNNINGWELL PRE SCHOOL FY2025£152k—0above—no doubt

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