Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

BERKHAMSTED SCHOOLS GROUP

Registered charity 310630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEATHERTON HOUSE SCHOOL, HEATHERTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

The education (including social and physical training) of boys and girls aged 3 -18, with a subsidiary nursery school for children from 5 months old.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF BOYS AND GIRLS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO CONDUCT AND MAINTAIN DAY OR DAY BOARDING SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR BERKHAMSTED AT WHICH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS PROVIDED.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED (charity 311075) — merger registered 28/10/2026.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£49.9m
Latest spending
£46.3m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3.589m and held unrestricted funds of £47.352m at the year-end. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties over its financial viability. The school maintains a strong cash position of £14.032m alongside bank borrowings of £8.439m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The school’s total reserves of £55.606m at the year-end included £8.044m of endowment funds, £0.210m of unspent restricted funds and unrestricted funds of £47.352m. The school has no free reserves at the balance sheet date due to the investment of funds in tangible fixed assets, largely buildings for use within the school.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Berkhamsted School Enterprises Limited, Berkhamsted Day Nursery Limited
“The Charity has two operating wholly owned non-charitable subsidiaries, Berkhamsted School Enterprises Limited and Berkhamsted Day Nursery Limited.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 45
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 80 (£60,001–£70,000: 43; £70,001–£80,000: 21; £80,001–£90,000: 8; £90,001–£100,000: 4; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 72 (£60,001–£70,000: 40; £70,001–£80,000: 18; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 5; £100,001–£110,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 2; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 62 (£60,001–£70,000: 44; £70,001–£80,000: 8; £80,001–£90,000: 5; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

BERKHAMSTED DAY NURSERY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £1.1m
  • Profit before tax: £255k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £255k
“It was resolved by the directors prior to the year-end that any profits are to be gift aided to the school subject to the company having a positive net assets position.”
BERKHAMSTED SCHOOL ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £662k
  • Profit before tax: £44k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £44k
“It was resolved by the directors prior to the year-end that any retained profits are to be gift aided to the school.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Berkhamsted Schools Group (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (15 freehold); recorded price paid £2.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (5,088 followers) · instagram (6,775 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£49.9m
Total spending
£46.3m
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
588

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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 — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£49.9m£46.3m
31/07/2024£48.4m£44.2m
31/07/2023£41.8m£39.8m
31/07/2022£39.2m£37.3m
31/07/2021£37.1m£34.3m

Common questions

Is BERKHAMSTED SCHOOLS GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3.589m and held unrestricted funds of £47.352m at the year-end. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties over its financial viability. The school maintains a strong cash position of £14.032m alongside bank borrowings of £8.439m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds BERKHAMSTED SCHOOLS GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BERKHAMSTED SCHOOLS GROUP as a grant recipient include THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£163k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2023£44k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BERKHAMSTED SCHOOLS GROUP£49.9m——below—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m£100,001 - £110,0003below—no doubt
ASHURST PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£505k—0above—no doubt
BEACHBOROUGH SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.3m——unclear—no doubt
BROADLANDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
BICKNACRE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt

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