ORWELL PARK SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD

Registered charity 310481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORWELL PARK SCHOOL

The object of the School is the advancement of education,including the provision of boarding & day schooling for children of both sexes up to the ages of fourteen.The School's aim is to create an academically challenging, happy and fulfilling experience for each of its pupils & to provide an all round education which allows children to grow in confidence and self-esteem in a caring environment.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has ceased trading following a merger with Benenden School and intends to liquidate, resulting in the preparation of financial statements on a non-going-concern basis. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4.72m, though the charity reported a net deficit for the year and a significant reduction in pupil numbers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £140,001 - £150,000 (FY2024) to £200,001 - £210,000 (FY2025).
• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Alex McCullough — Head (source)
• Alex F Kemsley — Deputy Head (Academic) (source)
• Martin M O’Brien — Deputy Head (Pastoral) (source)
• Alex R Brunt — Assistant Head (Co-Curricular & Operations) (source)
• Lynsey Flaherty — Director of Finance (source)
• Cara Shirley — Director of Admissions and Marketing (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 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 (82% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Callum Donald Licencechair
• Katie Lawson
• Phillip Evans

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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