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LITTLE BOOKHAM MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL

Registered charity 312063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE BOOKHAM MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED, MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL

Manor House School is a selective GSA independent day school for girls aged 2 - 16 years located in Little Bookham, Surrey. We deliver strong academic results alongside a provision of highly individualised learning and pastoral care in a smaller friendly school setting. Our supportive approach to teaching is renowned for building confidence and thereby achieving academic success for our pupils.

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Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£5.1m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School recorded a post-depreciation deficit of £318,393 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in negative free reserves of £212,836. Despite this trading loss, the Board concluded the School is well placed to meet financial challenges, supported by its partnership with the Effingham Schools Trust which will assist in meeting short-term obligations if necessary.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall (held: £3.0m)
“The School's reserves policy is to maintain sufficient unrestricted income reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount due to parent undertaking
“At the year end, the School had an amount due to its parent undertaking, the Effingham Schools Trust, totalling £71,399 (prior year: £96,013). The balance relates to recharges of shared costs and is unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. The parent company is a related party by virtue of its controlling interest in the School.” — page 33
“The Friends donated £62,394 in 2024/25 and has pledged to give further significant donations in 2025/26 (2024: £1,159).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Friends of Manor House School
“At the year end, the School had an amount due to its parent undertaking, the Effingham Schools Trust, totalling £71,399 (prior year: £96,013). The balance relates to recharges of shared costs and is unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. The parent company is a related party by virtue of its controlling interest in the School.” — page 33
“The Friends donated £62,394 in 2024/25 and has pledged to give further significant donations in 2025/26 (2024: £1,159).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£5.1m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£911k
Employees
84

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.6m£5.1m
31/08/2024£4.5m£4.8m
31/08/2023£4.5m£4.6m
31/08/2022£4.3m£4.2m
31/08/2021£4.1m£4.1m

Common questions

Is LITTLE BOOKHAM MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School recorded a post-depreciation deficit of £318,393 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in negative free reserves of £212,836. Despite this trading loss, the Board concluded the School is well placed to meet financial challenges, supported by its partnership with the Effingham Schools Trust which will assist in meeting short-term obligations if necessary. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac 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 MOUNT SCHOOL YORK FOUNDATION1£97k
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION1£75k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LITTLE BOOKHAM MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
BURY MANOR SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL) FY2025£2.3m£100,001 - £110,000—below—noted
MANOR LODGE SCHOOL FY2025£7.6m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
CUNDALL MANOR LIMITED FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
BUTE HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS LIMITED FY2025£8.7m£130,000 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—material uncertainty

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