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CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 311075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICKMANSWORTH P N E U SCHOOL LTD

The charity provides education (including social and physical training) through the operation of a preparatory school. Charlotte House School is the leading fee-paying, non-selective day school for girls aged three to eleven in the Rickmansworth area. The school is a learning community based on Christian values.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £-111,486 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £1,670,279. Per the trustees' report, the school operates in a competitive environment and is reliant on maintaining stable pupil recruitment and retention to mitigate risks to its financial sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain total reserves and cash availability at levels which enable the school to plan for future capital expenditure, whilst effectively managing the school’s educational and charitable activities (held: £1.7m)
“The reserves policy is to maintain total reserves and cash availability at levels which enable the school to plan for future capital expenditure, whilst effectively managing the school’s educational and charitable activities.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to Note 1.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the trustees exchanged merger deeds with Berkhamsted Schools Group on 8 May 2026, with the merger completing on 31 August 2026, after which the charity will be dissolved. As stated in Note 1.2, these events and conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern after the transfer date.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hardcastle Burton LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 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 (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

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.4m£1.6m
31/08/2024£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2023£1.4m£1.5m
31/08/2022£1.5m£1.4m
31/08/2021£1.5m£1.4m

Common questions

Is CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £-111,486 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £1,670,279. Per the trustees' report, the school operates in a competitive environment and is reliant on maintaining stable pupil recruitment and retention to mitigate risks to its financial sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hardcastle Burton 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£505k
SUTTON'S HOSPITAL IN CHARTERHOUSE1£385k
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARLETON HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED£1.4m—0unclear—material uncertainty
CARLETON HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£64.8m——below7.3%no doubt
RICKMANSWORTH SCHOOL PTA FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
HILL HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£10.7m——above—no doubt
CHELTENHAM LADIES COLLEGE FY2025£43.5m——unclear—no doubt

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