ABBOT'S HILL LIMITED

Registered charity 311053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBOT'S HILL SCHOOL

Provision of Education to young people (further details can be obtained from website)

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Latest income

£9.9m

Latest spending

£8.5m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the school realized an accounting surplus of £1,358,124 for the year ended 31 August 2024. However, the school transferred all its activities, assets, and liabilities to the Mill Hill School Foundation on 8 July 2024, resulting in the school becoming dormant and holding no reserves. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Following the transfer of activities, assets and liabilities of the school on 8 July 2024 to Mill Hill School Foundation the School held no reserves.” — page 16

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The Charitable Company's financial statements are therefore prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£9.9m

Total spending

£8.5m

Cost of raising funds

£60

Reserves (reported)

£100

Employees

183

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jill Myers
Martin Sims

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	—	—
31/08/2024	£9.9m	£8.5m
31/08/2023	£9.9m	£9.5m
31/08/2022	£9.8m	£9.3m
31/08/2021	£8.6m	£8.5m

Common questions

Is ABBOT'S HILL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the school realized an accounting surplus of £1,358,124 for the year ended 31 August 2024. However, the school transferred all its activities, assets, and liabilities to the Mill Hill School Foundation on 8 July 2024, resulting in the school becoming dormant and holding no reserves. Consequently, the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£3.1m
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£635k
TARA GETTY FOUNDATION	1	£107k
FARNHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)	1	£19k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COUNCIL OF MILTON ABBEY SCHOOL LTD.

THE COUNCIL OF MILTON ABBEY SCHOOL LTD income £10.2m
SOMERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
THE ABBEY SCHOOL, READING income £20.3m
THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £79.0m
KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £4.9m
LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ABBOT'S HILL LIMITED	£9.9m	—	—	below	—	not going concern
THE COUNCIL OF MILTON ABBEY SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£10.2m	£140,001 - £150,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£9.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEY SCHOOL, READING FY2025	£20.3m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£79.0m	£210,001 - £220,000	—	below	—	no doubt
KINGSHOTT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£4.9m	—	—	below	—	not going concern

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