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CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 312054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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Latest income
£64.8m
Latest spending
£54.5m
Registered
1964
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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 (held: £89.3m)
“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.

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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 (3.8%) (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 MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£67k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CARTHUSIAN TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL£64.8m——below7.3%no doubt
THE CARTHUSIAN TRUST FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—material uncertainty
THE MALDEN TRUST LIMITED FY2025£8.7m——unclear—not going concern
RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE TONBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m—0unclear21.5%no doubt

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