THE LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM (REED'S SCHOOL)

Registered charity 312008 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REEDS SCHOOL

To provide education in Cobham for boys from the ages of 11 - 18, and girls in the Sixth Form. The objects of the Foundation, as set down in the Act and Constitution, are to advance the education of boys or girls who have lost one or both parents through death, divorce, or other family disaster, and whose home life, as a result, is unsatisfactory, unhappy or abnormal.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £2.3 million for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by increased fundraising, fee income, and strong investment returns. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £32.0 million, with free reserves equating to approximately six weeks of expenditure, below the long-term goal of one term's expenditure. The trustees remain confident in the charity's financial stability and ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reed's School (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mark Hoskins — Headmaster (source)
• Marcus Baker — Chair of Governors (source)
• David Atkins — Senior Deputy Head (source)
• Alex Balls — Deputy Head (Staff) (source)
• Jon Ross — Deputy Head (Curriculum) (source)
• Luke Michael — Deputy Head (Pupils) (source)
• Caroline St-Gallay — Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning) (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Reedham’s Children’s Trust — “Reedham’s Children’s Trust provides support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children, collaborating with grass roots organisations and scho…” (source page)
• Chelsea Football Foundation — “Formed in 2010, Chelsea Football Club’s Foundation has established one of the leading social responsibility programmes in the country. Reed’…” (source page)
• Surrey County Cricket Club — “The whole of the Surrey Cricket Development Team, at a county, district and club level, is committed to making a difference to the game and …” (source page)
• Rackets Cubed — “Rackets Cubed is a UK based charity that runs integrated Squash, Tennis, Education (Maths) and Nutrition Programmes for local disadvantaged …” (source page)
• Betchworth Golf Club — “Reed's has a long-standing relationship with Betchworth Golf Club. They work with us to deliver a golf-based activity and coaching to Primar…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 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 · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 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 (80% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Burton Smith
• Carolynn Davies-Shatz
• Christopher TAYLOR · trustee of 5 other charities
• David Laws · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diana Mary Peacock
• Dr Alison McLean
• Dr John Chinegwundoh
• Ellen Ling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Giles Ashbee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Denham
• Jonathan Price
• KAREN RICHARDSON
• Kerima Lane
• Marcus Baker
• Martin Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Maureen Adams
• Michiel Soeting
• Nathalie Krekis
• Peter Madden

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL.

• FRIENDS OF THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL income £789k
• LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD income £1.6m
• Forest School, London income £39.0m
• THE COOPERS' COMPANY AND COBORN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £753k
• THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL income £11.3m
• UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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