MOOR HOUSE SCHOOL & COLLEGE

Registered charity 311871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOOR HOUSE SCHOOL, MOOR HOUSE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

Moor House exists to provide children and students who have severe developmental language disorder with an education that prepares them for life as confident and independent members of society.

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Latest income
£14.5m
Latest spending
£13.1m
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity has strong unrestricted reserves of £14,862,353 and a net operating surplus of £1,399,201 for the year ended 31 August 2025. However, the Charity is ceasing to be a going concern as its assets and liabilities are being transferred to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) effective 1 March 2026. The CIO is expected to continue the activities as a going concern 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: one term's operational expenditure, currently £4.1 million (held: £14.9m)
“The Trustees reserves policy is to hold a General Unrestricted Fund equivalent to at least one term's operational expenditure, currently £4.1 million” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“Steps will be taken as soon as practicable to remove the Charity from the Charity Commission Register of Charities and the Charity will cease to be a going concern.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Moor House School (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£14.5m
Total spending
£13.1m
Cost of raising funds
£101k
Reserves (reported)
£14.9m
Employees
247

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£14.5m£13.1m
31/08/2024£13.9m£12.0m
31/08/2023£12.5m£11.3m
31/08/2022£10.7m£9.7m
31/08/2021£10.5m£8.7m

Common questions

Is MOOR HOUSE SCHOOL & COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity has strong unrestricted reserves of £14,862,353 and a net operating surplus of £1,399,201 for the year ended 31 August 2025. However, the Charity is ceasing to be a going concern as its assets and liabilities are being transferred to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) effective 1 March 2026. The CIO is expected to continue the activities as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/03/2010£8kLight It Up!
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2006£5kTrampolining Club