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THE UNICORN SCHOOL LTD

Registered charity 312578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides education to children between the ages of 3 and 11 for the public benefit, through the running of an independent primary school.

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Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £87,496 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward amounting to £1,538,326. The Governors report that they are satisfied that reserves are appropriate and sufficient for the School’s obligations, noting that all funds are unrestricted. 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

Fundraising cost ratio: 37.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on raising funds 7,522”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 3
“The donations to the Rainbow Fund include £1,406 (including Gift Aid) (2024: £1,481) from Governors and their families. These are all unrestricted donations.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UY Accountants Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Unicorn School Limited (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.9m£2.8m
31/08/2024£2.9m£2.9m
31/08/2023£2.5m£2.6m
31/08/2022£2.4m£2.3m
31/08/2021£2.2m£2.2m

Common questions

Is THE UNICORN SCHOOL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £87,496 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward amounting to £1,538,326. The Governors report that they are satisfied that reserves are appropriate and sufficient for the School’s obligations, noting that all funds are unrestricted. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UY Accountants Ltd.

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
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION1£10k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION1£8k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£5k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£2k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£320
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST1£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Unicorn Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE UNICORN SCHOOL LTD£2.9m——unclear37.2%no doubt
The Unicorn Trust FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——unclear—no doubt
RED HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
LEICESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£4.0m£100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL FY2025£36.3m——unclear—no doubt

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