YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 312010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Yehudi Menuhin School provides a specialist education to boys and girls aged 8 to 19 years with an exceptional talent for music and facility on a stringed instrument (violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, harp) or piano. Selection for a place at the School is based solely on musical potential and the School aims to offer places regardless of the financial circumstances of the applicant.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £734,373 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income increasing by 18% to £6,114,190. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £2,368,705, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £2.1 million (four months' expenditure). The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Butcher
• Andrew Hunter Johnston · trustee of 4 other charities
• Benedict Vanderspar
• David Douglas Buckley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dominic Benthall
• GEOFFREY RICHARDS
• George Bruell
• JOHN CLOVIS PAGELLA
• JONATHAN WILLCOCKS · trustee of 4 other charities
• James Davies
• Kathleen Costeloe
• LIONEL BLACKMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
• LORD BLACKWELL

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MUSIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRUST.

• THE MUSIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRUST income £1.1m
• YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE income £114k
• EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k
• NATIONAL YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA income £186k
• THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS income £215k
• THE MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £608k

Side by side with its peers

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