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CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 312054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q1067870 · Wikipedia

The advancement of education for the public benefit by the operation of Charterhouse or such other associated school or schools and in connection therewith the provision of primary or secondary education (or the equivalent thereof) anywhere in the world.

Objects

A DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of EDGEBOROUGH EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED (charity 312051) — merger registered 10/05/2024.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£64.8m
Latest spending
£54.5m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total net incoming resource of £10.297m for the year, driven largely by a £5.06m gift of net assets from the merger with Windlesham House School. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no free reserves because its unrestricted funds are fully deployed in fixed assets, though it maintains sufficient cash and investments to meet short-term obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 7.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“This year’s fundraising return on investment was £5.94 (2023/24: £7.00) for every £1 spent, based on expenditure of £470k (2023: £416k).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Free reserves are unrestricted general funds less the fixed assets deployed for Charity use. On this basis, the Charity has no free reserves”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 125 (£60,001–£70,000: 28; £70,001–£80,000: 38; £80,001–£90,000: 21; £90,001–£100,000: 19; £100,001–£110,000: 9; £110,001–£120,000: 5; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 3; £350,001–£400,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 114 (£60,001–£70,000: 24; £70,001–£80,000: 36; £80,001–£90,000: 25; £90,001–£100,000: 14; £100,001–£110,000: 10; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1; £350,001–£400,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 105 (£60,001–£70,000: 34; £70,001–£80,000: 26; £80,001–£90,000: 27; £90,001–£100,000: 8; £100,001–£110,000: 5; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £200,001–£250,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Corporate structure

CHARTERHOUSE ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £2.3m
  • Profit before tax: £735k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £735k
  • The subsidiary operates a shop and sub-lets premises on the campus of its parent, Charterhouse School.
“The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £734,987. This amount has been paid under gift aid to Charterhouse School, to be used for funding bursaries.”
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL DESIGN & BUILD LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    CHARTERHOUSE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    • Turnover: £968k
    • Profit before tax: £384k

    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.

    UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

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

    Total income
    £64.8m
    Total spending
    £54.5m
    Cost of raising funds
    £3.9m
    Reserves (reported)
    £0
    Employees
    707

    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 (78% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Surrey

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/07/2025£64.8m£54.5m
    31/07/2024£57.6m£52.3m
    31/07/2023£54.1m£47.7m
    31/07/2022£46.2m£42.2m
    31/07/2021£44.9m£31.8m

    Common questions

    Is CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total net incoming resource of £10.297m for the year, driven largely by a £5.06m gift of net assets from the merger with Windlesham House School. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no free reserves because its unrestricted funds are fully deployed in fixed assets, though it maintains sufficient cash and investments to meet short-term obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

    Who funds CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, SUTTON'S HOSPITAL IN CHARTERHOUSE, THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£505kAdvancement of education
    SUTTON'S HOSPITAL IN CHARTERHOUSEFY2025£385kMoiety
    THE C P CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15kFunding to support the essential work of YMCA East Surrey with disadvantaged young adults.
    THE C P CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kDonation to support the CRT in their work to revitalise churches across the UK.
    THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2025£5k

    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 BARKER-MILL FOUNDATION1£1k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CUMNOR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL£64.8m——below7.3%no doubt
    CUMNOR HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£7.5m——above—no doubt
    PARAYHOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.0m——above—no doubt
    THE CARTHUSIAN TRUST FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
    SHREWSBURY HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt
    SEATON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt

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