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BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL

Registered charity 311997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL

The advancement of education by providing boarding and day schooling for boys and girls and the provision of bursaries, scholarships and other educational benefits. The Charity provides financial support in particular for children whose home circumstances make boarding education beneficial.

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Latest income
£24.5m
Latest spending
£21.0m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported an operating surplus of £3,491k for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven largely by the merger with Longacre School. However, unrestricted reserves are held as net current liabilities of £12,454k, supported by a £9,497k bank borrowing facility and £344k in cash. The trustees and auditors confirm that sufficient resources are available to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School activities
“The Group’s income from School activities for the year ended 31 July 2025 increased to £16,791k” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-12.5m; policy: maintain sufficient current assets and cash deposits in the General Fund to mitigate the risks to income from unforeseen sources: the provision of sufficient resources to carry out planned repairs and improvements; and to provide a contingency for unanticipated and uninsured estates expenditure)
“Due to the merger with Longacre School, unrestricted reserves represented by net current liabilities increased to (£12,454k) as of 31 July 2025”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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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.

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

Total income
£24.5m
Total spending
£21.0m
Cost of raising funds
£476k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
324

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 (74% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£24.5m£21.0m
31/07/2024£16.9m£17.8m
31/07/2023£14.8m£16.5m
31/07/2022£13.7m£14.6m
31/07/2021£12.7m£12.8m

Common questions

Is BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported an operating surplus of £3,491k for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven largely by the merger with Longacre School. However, unrestricted reserves are held as net current liabilities of £12,454k, supported by a £9,497k bank borrowing facility and £344k in cash. The trustees and auditors confirm that sufficient resources are available to continue operations for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies 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 ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL1£350k
THE SHEARS FOUNDATION1£150k
The Keith Howard Foundation1£145k
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE ABDALLA FOUNDATION1£9k
THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL£24.5m—0below—no doubt
ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£202k—0within—no doubt
THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL FY2025£11.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING CHARLES II AT BRADFORD FY2025£17.1m——above—no doubt
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL FY2025£41.1m£210,000 - £220,000—unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt

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